DM Pottery
Ceramics | Home and Living
Denise McDonald has been making functional ceramics under the business name DM Pottery since 2009, but began on her clay journey long before that year. Denise holds a ceramics Diploma and a design Degree, but feels her real training took place in production potteries in England and Australia where she learned the real secrets and skills of her craft. She uses time honoured skills and new innovative techniques to make art for everyday living.
Denise works solo in her small Randwick studio. Denise’s work is currently dominated by an interesting technique that she calls ‘slab throwing’ which involves bringing textured slabs of clay to the potters wheel. She favours a heritage 100 year old flannel flower pattern sourced from her Federation home window for texture, along with other designs of banksia and ferns. High quality glazes with depth and bold colour developed by Denise are another feature of her work.
