​Andrea fell in love with clay when she enrolled in adult education class while on maternity leave. She went on to study Ceramics at School of Art and Design (now North Metropolitan TAFE) and was one of the last generation of students graduating with Advanced Diploma in Art and Design - Ceramics.
Andrea loves teaching and working with students. She was a ceramic technician and lecturer for over 5 years at NM Tafe (twice nominated by students for the lecturers award) and tutor at various art centres including Fremantle Art Centre.
Andrea is also an exhibiting artist, showing her work from the UK to South Korea. She has exhibited 5 times at Cottesloe Sculpture by the Sea, and a couple of times at Bondi, as well as the Venice Biennale in 2022.

You can see more of Andrea's work here.

​Emma grew up literally eating clay, learning pretty much all she knows from hanging around her mum’s studio and skipping school to hang out in the Tafe ceramics department. She grew up being ferried from exhibition openings to artist talks to critique session, and once she could carry things she was roped into helping at exhibition installs. She studied visual arts at CIT (now North Metropolitan TAFE), and is a qualified education assistant.
Emma's ceramic practise started with her tableware range ERVCeramics in 2016, shifting her focus to sculpture in 2018. Her main focus (apart from ClayMake and petting dogs) is creating architectural inspired, somewhat surreal cityscapes using reclaimed and waste materials.

You can see more of Emma's work here.​

Ariana has been playing with clay since 2018, with Andrea as her first ever ceramics tutor. Since then, she has experimented with different forms, clays and firing techniques to create her work. She now uses a mix of wheel throwing and hand-building to create functional and delightful 'face' pots.

You can see more of Ariana's work at @ceramicsbyariana

​Cat Conner is a seasoned professional who has been teaching at Claymake for the past 5 years, specialising in beginner to advanced wheel work. She also has experience in handbuilding, decorative techniques, and a special love for handles and artistic functional ware. ‘
 
You can see more of Cat's work at @catconnerceramics 

Interested in private tutoring? You can contact Cat here