Ceramic Artist
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Kairava Gullatz is a skilled ceramic artist who uses the pottery wheel and hand building techniques to create both functional items and decorative art works.
“For a long time now clay has been my chosen material to work with as it offers so much to discover. I like to explore sculpture and the design of unique vessel-figures as well as tableware thrown on a potter’s wheel. Inspiration for my work stems from New Zealand’s beautiful nature - waterfalls and the shape of waves motivate me to create wall-hangings with textured surfaces and traces of dripping glazes. In my latest line of tableware I have used the flax flower as decoration.”
Kairava Gullatz was born in Cologne, Germany and emigrated to New Zealand in 1997. Kairava received a diploma in ceramic design in 1988 and has received a number of awards including the ‘'Frechener Keramikpreis Keramion’ award in 1988, and 'Max-Laeuger-Preis Loerrach’ award in 1989.
Since 1997 she has had her own ceramic studio in Auckland and is currently based at the Corban Estate Art Centre where she runs her classes for both adults and children. |