sue rutherford

My work is a mix of hand-built, thrown and altered vessels. They can be functional, whimsical or sculptural.

Influences and methods are wide-ranging, but central to my work is an appreciation of natural form and landscape, a love of colour and of clay itself.

The glazing process involves layering slips, reactive and eruptive glazes, often very thickly, creating rich textural surfaces. Work is fired in an electric kiln to 1220 degrees.

Tregaron Studio

Cemetery Road, Lake Hawea

open by appointment

Southland Wind blown trees on a hill side. White stoneware, stains & glazed lidded box.
Harbour wall Open vessel in white stoneware. Glazed and stains on a textured surface.
southland Wind blown trees on a lidded box. White stoneware, stains & glaze.
Blackbird Collection Whimsical flower tops featuring cheeky blackbirds. Handbuilt earthenware, coloured slips and clear glaze.
Flower Tops - Daffodils Whimsical flower top. Hand-built earthenware clay, stains & slip, clear glaze.
Flower Top Red Whimsical flower top. Handbuilt earthenware, coloured slips and clear glaze.
Scorched Earth Series Handbuilt multi fired. H:15cm Dia: 25cm available: Hullabaloo Art Space
Scorched Earth Series Hand built multi fired available: Hullabaloo Art Space
Markers Markers h:24cm SOLD
Buoys Buoys h:12cm
Red Sun Red Sun h:14cm SOLD
Blue circle Blue Circle h: 17cm SOLD
Three Stones Three Stones h: 24cm SOLD
Reticulated Exhibition Combination of thrown and handbuilt pieces. Crawl glaze over deep red and liquorice glazes.
Reticulated Urn Deep red glaze overlapped with Liquorice black covered with a crawling Bead glaze. H: 24cm

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Coastal Series

Twin rivers vessel SOLD Hand coiled multi-fired sgraffito, layered slips and glazes. H: 45cm
Riverbed Vessel SOLD Hand coiled, multi-fired, sgraffito, slips and glaze. H: 44cm
River Bed SOLD Hand coiled, multi-fired, sgraffito, slips and glaze. H: 44cm
Rock pool vessel SOLD Hand coiled, multi-fired, slip, glaze. H:45cm
Rock pool vessel Hand coiled. Multi-fired matt glazes. H: 45cm Price: nz $340
Rock pool SOLD Hand coiled. Multi-fired, layered slips and glazes. H:45cm

Carnival Series

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Carnival bowl SOLD white stoneware, coloured slips, glazed, h:14cm Food safe
Pedestal bowl SOLD Thrown bowl hand formed foot. White stoneware, coloured slip, clear glaze. H:24cm
Pedestal bowl SOLD Thrown bowl hand formed foot. White stoneware, coloured slip, clear glaze. H:24cm
Carnival Jar SOLD Lidded vessel. White stoneware, coloured slip and clear glaze. H:24cm
Carnival Jar SOLD Lidded vessel. White stoneware, coloured slip and clear glaze. H:24cm
Carnival bowl SOLD white stoneware, coloured slips clear glaze. H:16cm Food safe.
Carnival bowl SOLD white stoneware, coloured slips clear glaze. H:16cm Food safe.
Carnival bowl SOLD white stoneware, coloured slips clear glaze. H:16cm Food safe.
Carnival bowl SOLD white stoneware, coloured slips clear glaze. H:16cm Food safe.

sue rutherford

Southland

Wind blown trees on a hill side. White stoneware, stains & glazed lidded box.

Harbour wall

Open vessel in white stoneware. Glazed and stains on a textured surface.

southland

Wind blown trees on a lidded box. White stoneware, stains & glaze.

Blackbird Collection

Whimsical flower tops featuring cheeky blackbirds. Handbuilt earthenware, coloured slips and clear glaze.

Flower Tops - Daffodils

Whimsical flower top. Hand-built earthenware clay, stains & slip, clear glaze.

Flower Top Red

Whimsical flower top. Handbuilt earthenware, coloured slips and clear glaze.

Scorched Earth Series

Handbuilt multi fired. H:15cm Dia: 25cm available: Hullabaloo Art Space

Scorched Earth Series

Hand built multi fired available: Hullabaloo Art Space

Markers

Markers h:24cm SOLD

Buoys

Buoys h:12cm

Red Sun

Red Sun h:14cm SOLD

Blue circle

Blue Circle h: 17cm SOLD

Three Stones

Three Stones h: 24cm SOLD

Reticulated Exhibition

Combination of thrown and handbuilt pieces. Crawl glaze over deep red and liquorice glazes.

Reticulated Urn

Deep red glaze overlapped with Liquorice black covered with a crawling Bead glaze. H: 24cm

Coastal Series

Twin rivers vessel

SOLD Hand coiled multi-fired sgraffito, layered slips and glazes. H: 45cm

Riverbed Vessel

SOLD Hand coiled, multi-fired, sgraffito, slips and glaze. H: 44cm

River Bed

SOLD Hand coiled, multi-fired, sgraffito, slips and glaze. H: 44cm

Rock pool vessel

SOLD Hand coiled, multi-fired, slip, glaze. H:45cm

Rock pool vessel

Hand coiled. Multi-fired matt glazes. H: 45cm Price: nz $340

Rock pool

SOLD Hand coiled. Multi-fired, layered slips and glazes. H:45cm

Carnival Series

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Carnival bowl

SOLD white stoneware, coloured slips, glazed, h:14cm Food safe

Pedestal bowl

SOLD Thrown bowl hand formed foot. White stoneware, coloured slip, clear glaze. H:24cm

Pedestal bowl

SOLD Thrown bowl hand formed foot. White stoneware, coloured slip, clear glaze. H:24cm

Carnival Jar

SOLD Lidded vessel. White stoneware, coloured slip and clear glaze. H:24cm

Carnival Jar

SOLD Lidded vessel. White stoneware, coloured slip and clear glaze. H:24cm

Carnival bowl

SOLD white stoneware, coloured slips clear glaze. H:16cm Food safe.

Carnival bowl

SOLD white stoneware, coloured slips clear glaze. H:16cm Food safe.

Carnival bowl

SOLD white stoneware, coloured slips clear glaze. H:16cm Food safe.

Carnival bowl

SOLD white stoneware, coloured slips clear glaze. H:16cm Food safe.

Scorched Earth

Preston Russell Law Art Awards 2019