The Corner Store Studio

28/04/2026

Happy day...this highly textured piece had sold at the Quarry Arts Ceramic Awards. Thankyou for the opportunity and the experience.

26/04/2026

People's Choice Award - Vote for your favourite ceramic work of the QCA 2026!
Sponsored by Creative Northland .northland

Vote in person or use our online form to let us know which piece you loved the most from this incredible collection of works by our 49 finalists!

View the QCA finalist exhibition in person in the Yvonne Rust Gallery, Quarry Arts Centre. Fri 10 April - Sat 2 May.

People's Choice winner will be selected after the QCA exhibition closes on Sat 2nd May 2026.

An incredible $500 cash is up for grabs for the lucky winner, sponsored by Creative Northland.

1 entry per person. Duplicate votes in person & online are not counted.

Image: Reef lV: Conversations with the Sea - Woven Earth Arts

26/04/2026

Work in progress...

12/04/2026

Work in progress....

08/04/2026

A little glimpse of my entry shuck onto the Quarry Arts Awards invite....

29/03/2026

Ceramic artists from across Aotearoa will be sharing their very best creations at the Quarry Ceramic Awards, opening in just a few weeks’ time on Friday 10th April.

Over the last week ceramic pieces have started to arrive on site at Quarry Arts, ready to be judged by our panel in the coming weeks – excitement is building and we can’t wait to see the works from our 49 incredible finalists together in the Yvonne Rust Gallery.

We’ve announced our judges, so now it's time to remind everyone of all the incredible prizes up for grabs this year! We’re extremely grateful to our 2026 sponsors from the Ceramics industry in New Zealand. The prizes on offer will support our prize-winners to continue to develop their artistic practices 👏
Full prize list below.

PREMIER AWARD –
$2000 Cash prize & Product voucher. Sponsored by
RUNNER UP –
$750 voucher from Bot Pots
MERIT AWARD –
2 x $150 voucher from Potters Clay Nelson .mud
KILN AWARD –
$500 Kiln Firing credit from (local winner)
DRIVING CREEK RESIDENCY
A 5 week residency at Driving Creek, Coromandel plus $500 credit towards clay & firings!
KIWI UNDERGLAZE AWARD –
For ‘Use of Colour’ (Underglaze) from Kiwi Underglaze .underglaze
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD –
$500 cash from Creative Northland .northland

Join us for the Opening Night & Awards giving - Fri 10th April, 5pm, Quarry Arts Centre, Whangarei
Exhibition on - 11th April - 2nd May 2026. Open Mon - Sat 9.30am - 4.30pm

Poster image - 2024 QCA Winner Rom Marincovich (instagram)

21/03/2026

19/03/2026

Pottery Festival at the lovely St Faiths this Friday and Saturday..
Definitely worth a visit, a great variety of works from some wonderful potters....pop on on your way to or from the beach

09/03/2026

I'm very excited...my submitted piece has been selected for consideration....

09/03/2026