Fran joined the shop in late 2018 and although a newcomer to the shop she has had a long association with Canberra Potters both as a teacher and past studio holder. Since completing her studies at ANU School of Art in 2013 Fran has been making, selling and exhibiting her work as FRATTEMPO Ceramics.  Fran has developed functional designs for Cafes and restaurants including Rye Cafe in Braddon, ACT, and Jackalope Hotels in Victoria. Fran says of her work  “I hope my work encourages a moment of reflection, the excuse to pause and make a small ritual out of your task, whether it is making a cuppa, lighting a candle or arranging flowers or food on the table.”

Velda’s tableware and decorative pieces embody generosity and indulgence. Her passion is to create extra special items for use when rejoicing the celebratory events and milestones of life, and for the everyday pleasures of eating and drinking. The white-on-white slip-trailed surfaces are highly decorative with free-form curlicues, arabesques, simple leaf designs and, at times, gold lustre; some pots are topped with cheeky hand-built creatures. She also hand builds, making simple, direct and immediate forms using the pot as an artist’s canvas with brightly coloured, multilayered glazes, incorporating images of native birds and animals.

Shirley has been a hobby potter and artist for over thirty years and a member of Canberra Potters since 2003. She’s also a painter but loves the colours, textures and lustres that can be created in ceramics with techniques such as maiolica, raku and glaze-on-glaze. She makes forms that can act as a canvas for these techniques and her recent work includes raku fruit, plates and platters.