Our current Teachers

Janine Schenkel

A professional potter with 20 years' experience.
She is a regular exhibitor at the Kerrie Lowe Gallery in Newtown and a featured artist on the Arcadian Artist's Trail.

"I teach wheel work and hand-building". My personal work is based in function, it is wheel-thrown functional pieces.

"The thing that draws people to clay is that it is a tactile medium with so much potential to explore, such as working with flat sheets of clay and throwing."

Jojo Fuller

Jo-anne Fuller shares a studio in Artarmon where she makes both sculptural and functional ware, and exhibits in Sydney and on the Central Coast, where she and her partner Colin Husband share a cottage backing onto Brisbane Water National Park.

She works as a freelance writer and is a former technical editor and regular contributor to Australian Ceramics and Pottery. She has also worked with public art specialists, Environmental Art+Design, contributing to a number of tile murals and in-situ works, including splash tiles for the fountain in Mashman Park at Chatswood, which commemorates the contribution to the area of one of Sydney's first potteries.

Kym Thomson

I am a ceramicist and photographer with a lifelong passion for the visual arts. After completing a BA in Visual Arts, majoring in Photography and Ceramics, I began my career as a photographer, a practice I continue alongside my work in clay. My interest in ceramics led me to further study, completing a Diploma in Ceramics at TAFE.

For over ten years, I focused exclusively on wheel throwing before discovering a deep connection to sculptural work. I'm especially drawn to animals – giraffes in particular – and am currently exploring the human form in my ceramic practice. Staying engaged with the broader art world fuels my creativity, and I'm excited to see how my work continues to grow and evolve.

Tamara Pottier

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I studied ceramics at the National Art School and I am currently a full time Artist/Mother working in realist style oil painting and ceramics.

I am predominantly a wheel thrower but also love to sculpt forms inspired by nature and personal experiences in themes of love and life.

As well as teaching at Macquarie Hills Potters I also teach at St George Potters Group in Arncliffe.