Ceramics

The Ceramics Department at Otago Polytechnic is the largest in New Zealand. Emphasis is on exploration and experimentation by extending the material qualities, processes and potential of ceramics as a medium for contemporary art practice. Students are encouraged to develop individual projects which explore ceramics as a medium with its own formal language, skills and history within a broader context of fine arts and crafts. The department has workshops for plaster and clay making, wood, salt, electric and gas kilns, electric wheels and an online research room.