Peter Gibbs Oct 25, 2025 It’s the Saturday of Labour Weekend. The deck is looking pretty good, although the permanent railing has yet to arrive. The view is pretty good too. We’ve had breakfast, morning tea and lunch out there so far today. But things haven’t been all that peaceful in the last few days. We’ve been working hard on our new workshop, but the mother nature added unwanted complications. On Thursday, the wild weather struck. Up here, sheltered in the bush, we’re sp

A new venture The idea of relocating the pottery to the Sounds has proved irresistible. Our tiny garage in Nelson, shared with a washing...

Our trusty little kiln has had a chequered career. We adopted it when it was 25 years old and it gave us good service for two years....

It’s been an interesting day. I see from my workshop notebook that I haven’t ventured into the pottery for exactly a month. Things hadn’t...

We are getting into the Christmas swing of things here at Gibbs Pottery. Lots of Peter's little beauties ready to help you get your...

Not sure what I like most out of writing, making pots, or being lazy. Here's one option: https://open.substack.com/pub/walltowallart/p/oc...

After three months off, travelling and being lazy, this week I got back to work with some overseas influences giving me something to...

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Pass the salt Looking back and looking forward PETER GIBBS MAR 5, 2024 Salt glazed yunomi, chrome/cobalt glaze - mid-1980s By chance, the...

It has been two weeks since I set up the online store. Last week after the Thursday swim race (where I beat Peter by the way) we were...

Setting up an on line store seemed way too scary but we are risk-takers so here we go. We are committed now. And to our great joy we made...

What a great material - as carbonate, sulphate or oxide. From left, letting the atmosphere carry the copper in low temperature pit fired...

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Exhibition day is getting closer: https://open.substack.com/pub/petergibbs/p/we-have-pots-lots?r=1qnglb&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

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Tricky stacking to get it all in.

Not the final product! These tall jug vases are patiently waiting to dry before they can be bisque fired, glazed and popped into the kiln...