Hi, I’m Christy Pinkney,
A porcelain artist, pottery teacher, and mum
My clay practice is a creative reflection on the renewal and resilience I see in the plant world — seedlings pushing through cracks, new growth after bushfire — and the hope that comes with beginning again. Shaped by a barefoot childhood on my family’s farm on South Australia’s rural Eyre Peninsula, I’m drawn to the exquisite detail of regeneration and translate it through carving and making. With 14 years honing my craft, my love for this process is contagious — and I love introducing people to the joys of clay.
Studio Series: Form & Finish - Wheel Throwing
Dates
Sundays: 15 & 22 March, 10:00am–12:30pm
Mondays: 16 & 23 March, 10:00am–12:30pm
Join me in my bright and airy studio in St Peters for a relaxed and joyful introduction to the pottery wheel. With 14 years’ honing my craft, my love for this process is contagious. We’ll share some laughs and plenty of breakthroughs as I guide you through the fundamentals, with clear instruction, upbeat energy, and plenty of encouragement. Be ready to surprise yourself with how your own two hands can turn a ball of raw clay into a formed and finished vessel.
This is a two-session series, held one week apart, so you get to experience the transforming process from making to finishing.
Clay for Two - Wheel Throwing
This is a 2 hour personalised workshop for 2-4 guests, set in Christy’s cosy and bright studio in St Peter's. A great gift idea for a special couple, your partner and you, or for friends who love to craft and share a laugh together!
Guests will learn some fun and simple handbuilding techniques to each make a bowl, and then hop on the pottery wheel to have a go at throwing bowls, beakers and vases. Christy will demonstrate the techniques used to make your own pottery pieces, and assist with loads of one-on-one attention. Each guest will make several pieces that will afterwards be dipped into a speckled white glaze and fired in the kiln, ready for collection approximately 4 weeks after the session.