Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Escape for a day

On the Monday public holiday I escaped from the city with my mum & long time family friend Sandra to go visit some woodfire potters down South Gippy way. Mum needed a pot for an orchid she received, and both potters we had visited had just done a large bi-annual firing.

First stop - Gooseneck Pottery.

gooseneck pottery
Gooseneck pottery - out the front

gooseneck pottery - studio
Gooseneck pottery - studio

gooseneck pottery - bush view from the studio
Gooseneck Pottery - studio bush view

My parents have been visiting Robert's studio for some 15+ years. I even made his website for contra once upon a time, which is still there! Robert's studio is in a gorgeous hillside bush location and has a 15 metre kiln which he fires over several days twice a year. Yep. 15 metres.

rainbow and cows

After stopping for lunch at my favourite cafe owned by aforementioned awesome house-on-hill owner, we drove out the other side of Leongatha (past a cow and rainbow filled paddock) to:

Valley Plains Pottery

valley plains pottery
Valley Plains Pottery - studio and gallery

valley plains pottery
Valley Plains Pottery - studio and gallery

valley plains pottery
Valley Plains Pottery - The lovely Zak and his anagama kiln

In complete contrast to Robert's studio, Zak's light filled studio is perched utop a ridge with gorgeous panoramic views of the surrounding gippsland hillside. He doesn't yet have a website (although I'm considering making him one!) but here's some details:

Zak Chalmers
Valley Plains Pottery
Nicholas Road
Leongatha South
Victoria, Australia
ph: 0356745657
Open weekends and public holidays 10-5
Open most weekdays, please call before you visit.

3 comments:

mrs boo radley said...

Looks like you had a fabulous day! Love the pictures. The rainbow is gorgeous.

P R I M O E Z A said...

oh, i can just smell the fresh air looking at your photos. i have to get out into the country.

Mookah Studio said...

And you didn't drop into the Mookah studio at Inverloch!!! Your photos make me feel proud to live in sth gippy...