Autumn 2013

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to see what other creative people are doing and its nice to get out of my studio clothes once and awhile. Ceramics is not a glamour job people!

Do you have a favourite product... That is hard! It sounds cheesy I know, but truly I love making every single thing! If I didn’t it would be gone from our range. I really believe that if you love what you are making it shines thru into your Anything worthwhile is always a bit of hard work. I used to get up every Sunday at 4.00am product and gives it that extra pow! to do the Takapuna markets, and get on the How have your products evolved... Well we phone to try to make contact with shops. I have been doing this for some time now and had a early morning cleaning job because I our work has really changed over the years. My wasn’t making to much $. But when you are starting out you just do what you need to do. I family have some really old Borrowed Earth didn’t have a mortgage back then so although pieces that I cringe at every time I see them. I wouldn’t say things were easier, I didn’t have But its also a good reminder of how far we have come. Life is all about growth and as a creative as much of a financial burden as now. But person your work can’t help but evolve over the I was a lot younger and I don’t want you to think it was all hard work, I did manage to get years as your skill level and knowledge base increases. Also I think its really important to a lot of ‘play time’ in too!


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