Sensei Pots in Quedjinup | Art gallery

Sensei Pots

Locality: Quedjinup

Phone: +(61)97566666

Address: 17 Huntington Court 6281 Quedjinup, WA, Australia

Website: http://www.senseipots.com.au/

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22.05.2022 It’s time to put the tools down this weekend for a little break. We’re open today till 5pm, closed Saturday & Sunday. For opening details click the website link in the bio. Have a super weekend!

03.05.2022 Annual Easter SALE! Open 10am - 5pm every day of the Easter long weekend. A range of tableware and decorative pieces on sale, plus seconds (imperfect pieces) and recent new works in the gallery. Just a short 10min drive from the heart of Dunsborough. #pottery #wheelthrown #ceramics #margaretriverregion #dunsborough #yallingup

28.04.2022 Powering into the Long Weekend. Open Saturday, Sunday and Monday 11am - 5pm. New works on display. I made this big Shino many moons ago. Still one of my all time favorites with everything coming together. One of those epic kiln opening moments us potters live for!! #pottery #wheelthrown #ceramics #margaretriverregion #australianceramics

11.04.2022 A big week of bisque firings ahead - this stack the first of many. Bowls within bowls, plates within plates to maximize every inch of the kiln. #pottery #ceramics #handthrown #handmade

24.01.2022 Annual Easter SALE! Open 10am - 5pm everyday this Easter Long Weekend. A range of tableware and decorative pieces on sale, including seconds pieces, plus lots of new works in the gallery. Just a short 12 minute drive from the heart of Dunsborough.

22.01.2022 Time to down tools! The gallery will be closed from 28 April, opening again week commencing 20 May. Yeew! Photogood - Family Photography

21.01.2022 Sometimes the making isn’t just about creating pots. Being the tight fisted bloke I am, I make all of the tools for my studio. I’m also a little fussy about how things work. These are bats - important tools of the trade that sit on the wheel. Each piece is thrown on its own bat and stays there till it has dried, ready for turning and finishing. Recently finished 200 to add to the collection. Fun days hanging off a router

20.01.2022 White glaze over raku blend with a nice little iron bleed going on here. Looking right at home in these shots taken and styled by Amy Hagger. Thanks for sharing Amy! @_amy_hagger_ on Instagram

20.01.2022 It’s been a few months since I last posted...no I haven’t been surfing the entire time (one can only dream)! Have been busy toiling away with my hands in the mud. Working on a new little project for The Ritz-Carlton, Perth amongst many other things. Have been working on new glazes too...some successes, some epic fails...that’s how it goes! Look forward to sharing more soon...

19.01.2022 I hope you’re doing well wherever you are. As restrictions ease here in Western Australia my doors are open once again by appointment and 10am - 5pm on the Foundation Day Long Weekend (Thursday 28 May - Monday 1 June). I’ll keep reviewing my opening hours as things progress. In the meantime to make an appointment phone 9756 6666 Cheers, Ian ... #buylocal #supportlocal #dunsborough #yallingup #margaretriverregion #pottery #handmade

18.01.2022 Happy New Year all! Jumping into 2020 with new summer opening hours (below) and a lot going on in studio. Designing and testing new glazes and planning first throwing session for the year. Yeeha!! GALLERY OPEN Wednesday to Sunday, 10am - 5pm Open Monday and Tuesday by appointment only, call 9756 6666

15.01.2022 Winter is the perfect time to make tea pots and even then they put my patience to the test!! Currently making medium and large tea pots - seven different components and processes, with the challenge of ensuring the individual parts don’t dry out too quickly so everything can be assembled with ease. That’s the aim. Back in the swing making 20 or so at the moment....if it doesn’t send me mad!

15.01.2022 As a general rule I don’t make planters but from time to time you have to break the rules! These pieces were commissioned by Vasse Felix for the cellar door and restaurant. I generally work in porcelaneous stoneware, a very white clean form of clay. These pieces are made from a heavy iron bearing clay - meaning there’s a high iron content that in a particular kiln atmosphere will produce a cracking iron bleed through the glaze. These clays were very popular in the 1970s and... are currently having a revival!! Avoiding contamination in studio is top priority so I’ll only work with one type of clay at a time and wash down the entire studio before switching back to pristine porcelain. Thanks again Vasse Felix! Plants, photo credit and featured - the talented rare plant cultivator Scott Baxter Green Form Plant Studio Interior design by Hecker Guthrie.

13.01.2022 Back in February I posted a photo of this piece during the glazing process and promised to post the final result. Well here she is! Copper Red also known as Ox Blood fired to 1300 degrees celcius (cone 10)

12.01.2022 Had a fun chat with Travelletto - delicious travel adventures for this The Margaret River Region story. Link to story here https://www.margaretriver.com/stories-local-hero-the-origi/

11.01.2022 Blossom Jar in Jade.

10.01.2022 Time spent in the spray booth today. For big pieces I generally choose to apply the glaze with a spray gun, rather than the dip and pour method. I find this gives greater control of glaze application and thickness which greatly impacts the final result. Application complete on this piece - destined to be a Copper Red... #pottery #handthrownpottery #glaze #australianceramics #margaretriver #yallingup #dunsborough

10.01.2022 Early morning turning session this morning....Grommies frothing for a surf so at the wheel WELL before my second cup of tea!

10.01.2022 A huge congratulations to Yarri Restaurant + Bar and Vasse Felix on being awarded two Chef Hats at last night’s Good Food Guide awards!

07.01.2022 It’s the WA Day Long Weekend here in Western Australia! I’ll be open from 10am - 5pm Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Tableware, art pieces and more including NEW fermentation vessels. Have a great weekend everyone!

06.01.2022 Plates in action Yarri Restaurant + Bar It’s been just over a year since I finished this cool little project for Chef Aaron Carr. If you’re ever in Dunsborough town be sure to visit - it’s so good!!! Yarri Restaurant + Bar

05.01.2022 Happy New Year! A special thank you to everyone who has supported me and my work over the years. This year marks 32 years since the opening of my first studio in Quindalup. It was a pretty basic set up - sold my beloved Combi to buy raw materials, my wheel and to build my first kiln. The GREAT sacrifice!! Sensei Pots has had various homes across the years, now at Huntington Court in Quedjinup - a little piece of paradise. Still putting the final touches on my studio (when wil...l it ever end!) but I’m absolutely stoked to have been so blessed to make a living doing what I love over all these years. It wasn’t easy to stay alive in those early days before the boom of tourism but I got lots of awesome uncrowded waves I’m so blessed! Have a great 2019 everyone! HIGH SEASON HOURS (27 Dec - 3 June) Gallery Open 10am - 5pm Wed to Sun Monday + Tuesday by appointment. #margaretriver #australianceramics #pottery #handthrown #lovewhatyoudo #clay

04.01.2022 Recently I’ve been experimenting with a mix of raku and ironstone clays. A big departure from the porcelaneous stoneware and gloss glazes I’ve worked with for over 30 years. It’s good to keep trying new things to challenge my skills. This is one of the first big pieces to come through - a white glaze with some cool iron bleeds breaking through. To be honest I’m still trying to get used to this clay (and the 70s pottery feels!) but it’s growing on me. Peace love and vogels bread man!

04.01.2022 Keep Cups now part of the Sensei Pots collection in Tenmoku + White, Blue + Copper Red, Hares Fur and Jade. Open this Long Weekend! Sat 10am - 5pm... Sun 10am - 2pm Mon 10am - 5pm See more

03.01.2022 Something NEW for lovers of fermenting! Fermentation Vessels perfect for Sauerkraut and Kimchi. Includes in built water seal, and weights. Bamboo handle grown on site outside my studio. Only a limited number available in a range of different glaze colours. DM me if you’d like more information.