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Unorthodox Pottery with Hawi Winter

A one-day workshop
When
Saturday 14th June 2025 10:00am - 4:00pm
Where  Waikato Society of Potters, Cnr Ward Street & Seddon Road, Hamilton View Map

Unorthodox Pottery with Hawi Winter
Saturday 14th June 10am to 4pm

Hawi wowed the crowd at this year's Festival of Clay with his ingenious home-made pottery tools. So he's here by popular demand to lead a fabulous fun-filled day of invention, exploration and creativity. Haere mai!

This workshop caters to all levels from absolute beginners to experienced potters.

There will be multiple workstations and a variety of different modules that you can choose from. Hawi will combine demonstrations with hands-on activities. Clay will be provided and is included in the price.

Here's what's on offer

Tool making
- Reshaping cookie cutters (coil feet)
- Making templates using the rolling method
- Paddles
- Ice cream stick stamps
- Opposing stamp pairs
- Multifaceted stamps
- Converting woodcuts into stamps
- Using blow-torches and hot air guns
- Making underglaze painting bottles

Techniques:
- Crack pottery with slabs
- Wedge wedging
- Using glass with pottery
- Painting without a paintbrush 
- Making structured korus and snails
- Making hanging pots

Please email the manager with the subjects that interest you most. Hawi will tailor the day's activities based on everyone's preferences.

What to bring
- WSP has lots of tools you can use, but bring along your favourites too.
- A notebook. You are welcome to take photos too.
- Pottery is messy, so a hand towel and/or apron can be helpful.
- Wear closed-toe footwear and comfortable clothes you don't mind getting dirty.
- We like to share a lunch on our workshop days, so if you have the capacity, please bring a kai to share.

Hawi Winter 
Hailing from Germany and with a background in organic chemistry, Hawi has a very singular approach to pottery. He has assiduously eschewed outside influences, preferring to follow his own instincts and explorations. He has developed a plethora of unique tools and techniques. Hawi prefers slab pottery, and works with molds, decorating his pieces using his very own carved stamps, rollers and sprigs.

Hawi and wife Susann live on their 10 hectare block in North Waikato. Over the last 34 years or so they've planted thousands of trees including over 200 fruit and nut varieties.

Hawi has a PhD in organic chemistry from the University of Marburg, Germany.less

Unorthodox Pottery with Hawi Winter Saturday 14th June 10am to 4pm Hawi wowed the crowd at this year's Festival of Clay with... more

Member $110.00

Non-member $130.00

All prices in NZ Dollars and include GST

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