One-Off Pottery Studio

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About

ABOUT ME

Hi - My name is Jacqui Louw and welcome to my pottery studio.

What started as a hobby, has now become a full-time occupation for me.

I love the unpredictability, the richness of materials, techniques and creative possibilities of clay. I’m inspired by the art, chemistry and alchemy of ceramics : the transformation of earth, fire, and water into something fragile and enduring.

To me, handmade ceramic vessels are deeply intimate objects that nourish, sustain and bear witness to life's most personal moments. I explore form, colour, texture and symbolic meaning to express my sentiments about our relationship with the environment, gender and identity. My forms are simple, suggestive, asymmetrical and serpentine, reminiscent of our planet, Earth and the human body. Vibrant hues, complex layered textured glazes are central to my storytelling, expressing harmony and chaos.

With training in Australia, Denmark and Italy, I established OoPs – One-off Pottery Studio in 2019. Based in Hampton, I create, sell, teach, provide studio access and firing services. I also teach wheel-throwing and hand building at the Beaumaris Art Group and Brighton Recreation Centre.

Exhibitions and Markets

Currently represented by Eagles Nest Gallery in Aireys Inlet, since February 2025
The Brunswick Street Gallery Small Works Art Prize Exhibition, 4–17 January 2026
Tactile Exhibition at The Ladder Art Space, Kew, 29 November – 20 December 2025
Beaumaris Art Group Members Exhibition, 1–13 December 2025
Beaumaris Library Exhibition, June – July 2025
Oceans Interrupted Exhibition at The Window Bayside, Sandringham, 3–28 May 2025
Shaping Earth Exhibition at Memo Gallery, Healesville, 13 July – 15 August 2024
Earth Matters Exhibition at The Sol Gallery, Brunswick, 20 September – 1 October 2023
From The Ground Up Exhibition at MiRa Gallery, Marysville, 1 December 2022 – 18 January 2023
Mansfield Pottery Festival, 6–8 March 2026
The Australian Ceramics Association (TACA) and Southside Clay Trail Open Studios, 8 November 2025
The Melbourne Ceramics Fair, Northcote, 25–26 October 2025
Mansfield Pottery Festival, 7–10 March 2025
The Australian Ceramics Association (TACA) Open Studios and Southside Clay Trail, 23–24 November 2024
The Australian Ceramics Association (TACA) Open Studios, 12–13 November 2022
Warrandyte Pottery Expo with Valley Potters, 26 February 2022
The Rose Street Artists Market, 2021
Brighton Soul Night Market, 2021
Moorooduc Station Market, 2021
Le Studio Art Space Markets, 2019–2022

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“Woman Interrupted: Healing”
This womb-shaped vase embodies the intertwining of grief and healing after my mother’s young death from cancer. The missing fragment, rejoined elsewhere, signifies loss and enduring
connection. Its black interior holds my sorrow, while the pink, white and black exterior evokes tenderness, memory, and the gradual return of light.
Currently exhibiting @brunswickstreetgallery Small Works Exhbition until 17 January #melbourneceramics #brunswickstreetart #whatsonmelbourne #australianceramics #potterylove

Third piece on display at the @brunswickstreetgallery Small Works exhibition. It’s on until Friday 17th January. This piece is called “Woman Interrupted: Healing”
This womb-shaped vase embodies the intertwining of grief and healing after my mother’s young death from cancer. The missing fragment, rejoined elsewhere, signifies loss and enduring
connection. Its black interior holds my sorrow, while the pink, white and black exterior evokes tenderness, memory, and the gradual return of light.

Thanks to @brunswickstreetgallery for a wonderful show. The curators have turned a very diverse bunch of works into a special viewing experience.

My pieces are in good company exhibiting alongside @hatchling_studio @niloceramics @josephineb_ceramics @speculatype @lynpool1 @katherinemarmarasartist
#contemporaryceramics #brunswickstreet #womaninterrupted #melbourneceramics #whatsonmelbourne

Another piece on display at @brunswickstreetgallery Small Works Art Prize Exhibition opening tonight until 17th January 2026.

Title: Woman Interrupted: Incision
This womb-shaped vessel, split and sutured with metal staples, personifies my body’s enduring dialogue with surgical intervention and repair. Pink and red evoke femininity and sacrifice; black suggests trauma and endurance; crawling white signifies sterility and healing. It speaks of pain, resilience and the perpetual reconstruction of women through surgery.

I’m excited to be exhibiting 4 pieces at @brunswickstreetgallery SMALL WORKS ART PRIZE 2026 EXHIBITION
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This vessel entitled “Bloodline” from my “Woman Interrupted” series symbolises the entwined essence of womb and heart, fusing creation and devotion. The red cracked glaze evokes passion, rupture, and resilience; its pink interior expresses tenderness and life within. Bloodline captures the essence of motherhood, the enduring connection from conception to my children’s eternal place in my heart.

Celebrating creativity on an intimate scale, this exhbition showcases both emerging and established artists from across Australia and beyond, with over 1100 artworks on display, each no larger than 35x35x35cm.

Every artistic medium imaginable is on display, including painting, photography, sculpture, drawing, printmaking, ceramics, weaving... and more! The Small Works Art Prize is celebrated for its inclusivity, energy, and community spirit, offering artists a unique platform to connect with collectors and curators, share their work with thousands of visitors, and be part of an immersive exhibition that proves small art can have a truly big impact.

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EXHIBITION DATES: 4–17 JANUARY 2026
SUN 11AM–4PM, TUES–SAT 10AM–5PM

CELEBRATION EVENT: FRI 9 JANUARY 6–9PM
Join us to celebrate the artists and winners of this year’s prize from 6–9pm on Friday 9 January.
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#smallworksartprize2026 #brunswickstreetgallery #contemporaryart #melbourneceramics #contemporaryceramicart

Tactile Exhibition is now open to experience at
81 Denmark St, Kew VIC until 20 Dec 2025

Tactile brings together members of Valley Potters, a collective of ceramic artists from across Victoria, united by a shared passion for clay and the handmade. This exhibition celebrates the physical and sensory connection between hand, material, and form - offering a rich exploration of texture, surface, and touch.
From smooth porcelain to rough stoneware, each piece speaks to the intimacy of the maker’s process: a finger’s pressure, a tool’s mark, the trace of fire.
Tactile invites viewers to engage with the subtle language of clay and to reflect on our human instinct to connect through touch.
In a world increasingly shaped by the digital and intangible, these works offer a grounding, physical experience. Tactile is a celebration of clay’s enduring ability to speak through the body - raw, immediate, and deeply felt.
#localartist #supportlocalartists #melbourneartgallery #whatsonmelbourne

Hope you can come along to the opening on Friday to the wonderful exhibition organised and curated by @valleypottersinc at Ladder Art Space in Kew @ladderartspace . It’s a collection of ceramic pieces by many of my talented colleagues at Valley Potters members, some of whom I have tagged below. The pieces I have chosen form part of my “Oceans Interrupted” series inspired by my daily beach walks with my dog and my growing worry about climate change. The ocean is this wild mix of power and delicacy, and it reminds me every day how much it is affected by us. The forms in this series are simple and earthy, but the surfaces and colours are where I tell the real story. Layers of blues and greens echo ocean movement and depth; sharp blacks that hint at oil spills; and white crawling glazes that crack like melting ice caps. It’s my way of exploring the tension between the ocean’s beauty and its vulnerability, and reflecting on our complicated, often damaging relationship with the natural world. #oneoffpottery #oneoffpots #oceansinterrupted #sustainablepottery #pottersforclimate #tactileexhibition #contemporaryceramics #contemporaryceramicart #valleypottersinc #melbourneceramics #ceramicvases #exhibitionsmelbourne @bernadette_skinner_ @jillandersonceramics @hanmade_pots @hlmpottery

Was a treat welcoming so many people - friends, colleagues and newbies - to my studio on Saturday. Despite the weather. Can’t wait for the next one with the Southside Clay Trail and @australianceramics #acos #acos2025 #ceramicsmelbourne #openstudios #melbourneceramics #hamptonvic #baysidemelbourne

Please come and visit my Open Studio on Saturday only. 8th November, 10am to 4pm. This is part of the The Australian Ceramics Association’s @australianceramics nationwide Open Studios and the Southside Clay Trail. Visit me and many other potters around Victoria and Australia. This is an opportunity to local potters studios in action, buy some unique hand made gifts for special ones, have a cuppa and a chat and see some live demonstrations! Hope you can make it! #potterystudiolife #potterylove #acos2025 #baysidemelbourne #contemporaryceramics #openstudios

I would love you to come and visit me at my studio in Hampton - 17 Wave St. Saturday only. I will have many pots for sale and tell you all about my studio and current series of pieces I am busy working on.

And visit 9 other local studios too. This is part of @australianceramics nationwide Open Stu#dios.

You can find out about all the studios open in Australia this weekend here: https://members.australianceramics.com/openstudios/
#theaustralianceramicsassociation #australianceramics #melbourneevents #baysidemelbourne

Still basking in the joy that was @melbourneceramicfair at The Northcote Town Hall this past weekend. What a wonderful market it was. So well organised, friendly and a huge success. This photo was taken by their photographer @janisalwayshashercamera and perfectly captured how I was feeling the whole weekend. Thanks again to everyone who came and supported me and the other 57 potters at this really special event. #melbourneceramicfair2025 #melbourneevents #contemporarypottery #melbournepottery #northcotetownhall #potterylife #crawlglaze #melbourneceramics #melbourne

Thanks again @melbourneceramicfair and all this lovely people of Melbourne and Northcote who supported us. It was a wonderful validating weekend. #melbourneceramicfair2025 #northcote #ceramicsofmelbourne #australianceramicartist #potterymelbourne

Start of day 2 at @melbourneceramicfair with 58 other talented potters and ceramic artists. Excitement building. Luckily we were indoors today because of the weather. #australianceramics #melbourneceramicfair2025 #crawlglaze #contemporaryceramics #potterylove #northcote #northcotetownhall #ceramicsmelbourne #melbourneceramics

So privileged to have been a part of The Melbourne Ceramic Fair @melbourneceramicfair this weekend. What an incredibly well organised event with huge crowds. Wow. Met some wonderful people too. Thank you so much to Kate, Kate and Kelly as well as everyone who popped by to say hello or buy something. It was truly amazing.

Final firing completed. Here are some pieces I pulled from the kiln today for this weekend for The Melbourne Ceramic Fair @melbourneceramicfair . Feeling very nervous but excited to be a part of it. This is their biggest event yet! 50+ ceramic artists, one iconic venue.
Join us for a weekend of all things ceramic at the beautiful @northcote_town_hall
10am-3pm
Saturday & Sunday October 25 & 26 Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre. Please come and say hello!
FREE ENTRY
All abilities accessible
#melbourneceramicfair
#melbourneceramicfair2025
#melbourneceramics #australianceramics

Join @jwtjessicawatsonthorp today at 1.45pm on @southern_fm with @clareontheair talking about the wonderful ceramic courses at BAG @beaumaris.art.group and some of my work as well as the exciting programs in Bayside. Here Jessica and I were celebrating our recent “Oceans Interrupted” exhibition @the_window_bayside with Shirley from @endeavor_earth_designs.

Gosh. The Clivia are stunning this spring! Looking lovely in one of my pots. #potterylife #oneoffpieces #springinmelbourne #baysidemelbourne #oceansinterrupted

This is so very true of ceramics. Beautifully explained by @ellafontanals.eng Classes starting again soon at my small and cosy studio. Link in my bio. I’d love you to come and take part in this ancient mindful craft with me.

Some of the lovely work made by my students over the past few weeks during my wheel throwing classes and courses. Makes me excited to very time! Link to my classes to book in my bio. #potterylife #baysidemelbourne #potteryclass #beginnerpotter #hamptonvic #hamptonvictoria #melbournepotteryclasses

Happy to have three of my pieces chosen for the latest exhibition at The WINDOW - ‘Echos of the East’. @the_window_bayside
I’m exhibiting alongside Shirley Kumar @endeavor_earth_designs and Jessica Watson-Thorp @jwtjessicawatsonthorp with the tones of these vessels melding with the paintings above.
The show will hang for the month of June. Keep your eye out for ‘The Art Hours’ and opening times. The first one is this Saturday 7th June 3 - 5pm.

Only a few days left! And still selling! Bouncing out Thursday 29th from 6pm @the_window_bayside. Please contact our wonderful curator @jwtjessicawatsonthorp for the last chance to purchase my ceramics and lovely artworks by @jwtjessicawatsonthorp and @endeavor_earth_designs. The online catalogue is in my bio. #oceansinterrupted #sandringham #sandringhambeach #sandringhamvillage #sandystreetartproject #baysidemelbourne #potterylove #potterylife #ceramicartist #ceramicartmelbourne #oneoffpottery #oneoffpots #alternativeartspace

I hope these vessels bring you much joy. Thanks to everyone for your support! Especially @the_window_bayside @jwtjessicawatsonthorp @endeavor_earth_designs @sandystreetartproject Oceans Interrupted Exhibition at 33-37 Melrose St Sandringham still on until the end of May! Opening times Fri 16 May 6 to 7pm. And viewing available from The Window all day, everyday. #sandringham #baysidemelbourne #alternativeartspace #ceramics #ceramicartmelbourne

Sold! Oceans Interrupted Moon Jar. Now on display in OCEANS
INTERRUPTED with @oneoffpots @jwtjessicawatsonthorp
@endeavor_earth_designs
33-37 Melrose Street, Sandringham @the_window_bayside
Opening hours coming up:
Saturday 10 May 3:30-4:30pm Friday 16 May 6-7pm
Saturday 24 May 3-5 pm
For more opening hours or to arrange an after hours Private Viewing please contact our Curator Jessica on 0488598004.

We have three public Art Hours openings coming up @the_window_bayside Oceans Interrupted Exhibition and would LOVE to see you there:

Tomorrow - Thursday 8th May 6 - 7PM
Next Friday 16th May 6 - 7PM
Saturday 24th May 3 - 5PM. Mother’s Day is coming up. Give your mum a unique piece that outlasts the flowers!

Now the dust has settled after the launch, we have three public Art Hours Openings. #Arthours Online catalogue link in my bio too.

Thank you so much Tina @bluevalleymedia for taking that photo this evening of the Oceans Interrupted Art Exhibition @the_window_bayside! The Window can viewed anytime until 30th May. If you wish to purchase, the link to the catalogue of my works as well as the paintings by @jwtjessicawatsonthorp and @endeavor_earth_designs is in my bio.

Thrilled to see one of my pieces in its beautiful new home. This vase (one of my favourites) sold at the Oceans Interrupted Art Exhibition @the_window_bayside on Saturday. The Exhibition runs until 30th May. If you want to come along when it is open to look at my work as well as the paintings by @jwtjessicawatsonthorp and @endeavor_earth_designs up close, the Exhibition will be open to the public next Thursday 8th May at 6 to 7 pm in Sandringham. The Window Art Hours will be announced by The Window. The link to the gallery catalogue is in my bio.

This is the whole point of ceramics@and why it has become so important to my life. Lovely video by @ellafontanals.eng

Had a fantastic opening of our Oceans Interrupted Exhibition today @the_window_bayside in Sandringham. It will be on display until 30th May - so plenty of time to still come and view. Thank you so much to everyone who came and supported us today. #contemporaryceramics #supportlocalartists #sandringham #potterylove #australianceramics #oceanart #ceramicsmelbourne #baysidemelbourne

Huge thanks to the amazing @jwtjessicawatsonthorp for your passion, kindness, mentorship , friendship and expertise in inviting me to exhibit my functional ceramic art at @the_window_bayside as part of the OCEANS INTERRUPTED exhibition. Launches 3pm Saturday 3rd May but doors open at 11am as part of the Sandy Eco Expo. If any struggling artists out there need a mentor who genuinely cares, I’d kind, passionate and has the expertise in spades, to help get your work refined and out there, I strongly recommend you get in touch with Jessica. Jessica has literally changed my life. Thank you so so much. I’m very excited for this exhibition.

OCEANS INTERRUPTED
OPENS Saturday MAY 3 3PM - 5PM at The Window 33-35 Melrose St Sandringham.
Doors open from 11AM
In line with the SANDY ECO
EXPO. Exhibition will be there until 30 May.
My fellow Exhibiting Artists are Shirley Kumar and Jessica Watson-Thorp. I’m very excited! #melbourneceramics #contemporaryceramics #potterylife #sandringhamvillage #australianceramics #crawlglaze #baysidemelbourne #sandyecoexpo #oceanartwork

Taster of two of my pieces ready for the Oceans Interrupted Exhibition @the_window_bayside with @jwtjessicawatsonthorp opening 3rd May at 11am. Part of the @sandyecoexpo @sandy.village. Hope to see you there! Through my “Oceans, Interrupted” series, I invite viewers to consider the weight of human impact on our planet’s most vital and volatile element - the ocean. I use colour, texture and form to evoke the emotional and ecological tensions between humanity and the sea. I aim to prompt reflection on the delicate balance between nature’s power and its vulnerability.

Looking forward to opening my studio as part of the Southside Clay Trail this Sunday from 10am to 4pm with several of my ceramic colleagues. Details can be found on our new website https://imoanalytics.wixsite.com/southsideclaytrail. Will provide more details this week.

I have been frantically making and firing vessels for this one as well as the opening of my Ocean Interrupted Exhibition at The Window Bayside @the_window_bayside in Sandringham the day before.

Collaborators:
@topopatu @thekilnroom @clarindaclayworkers @hatchling_studio @ange_glazes

#southsideclaytrail #baysidemelbourne #thingstodoinmelbourne #melbourneartstudio

4 week wheel-throwing course starting on 31st March 2025. Only four wheels - so you will get highly personal and individual attention. Booking link is in my bio. #wheelthrowingclass #hamptonvic #hamptonvictoria #learnwheelthrowing #baysidemelbourne #sandringhambeach #brightonvictoria

Studio tour before pottery workshop for @jwtjessicawatsonthorp art tour yesterday

Visit @eaglesnestgallery in Aireys Inlet next time you are on the Great Ocean Road. So happy to have some of my work there. #greatoceanroadtrip #aireysinlet #potterylife #potterylove #contemporaryceramics

Slightly different approach to my ‘Woman Interrupted’ series. I’m trying to explore new forms. Is the shape too obvious? #jacquilouw #oneoffpotterystudio #womaninterrupted #womanartist artist #handmadeceramics
#potterywheel #instapottery #ceramicstudio #functionalart #pottersofinstagram #claylife #contemporaryceramics #makersmovement #smallbatchceramics #craftsmanship #wheelthrown #modernceramics #porcelain #glazeporn #potterylife #ceramicdesign
#artisanceramics #slowmade #clayaddict #potteryforall #potterystudio #ceramicsdaily
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Results of my little pot competition. Reel 1 of 3.

Sold a good number of my pots at this Saturday’s Mansfield Pottery Festival. Thank you to @mansfield_pottery_festival for organising such a wonderful, friendly, well organised event. I’ll be back hopefully next year. I have been spending the past few years really working on my technique and my ‘voice’, which I feel is slowly beginning to emerge. I believe that handmade ceramic vessels are deeply intimate objects—that nourish, sustain, and bear witness to life’s most personal moments. I particularly love this moonjar shape as I find it lends itself well to what I’m trying to express. Colour is central to my storytelling, with vibrant hues conveying emotions and social themes. I’ll talk about my themes again soon, but basically I’m hoping to convey our relationship to the fragile interfaces of gender and environment.
@mansfield_pottery_festival @mansfield_and_district_potters #potterylife #potteryart #crawlglaze #mansfieldmtbuller #victorianalpineregion #labourdayweekend #ceramicglaze

Fantastic Labour Day weekend @mansfield_pottery_festival in Victoria sadly coming to an end. This was my stall yesterday and today I was lucky and privileged enough to attend the handbuilding workshop with the inspiring and generous @fleurschell. What a special weekend this has been.

With the wonderful and talented Carson Culp @culppottery at @mansfield_pottery_festival today. What a fantastic festival in the most inviting and warmest of places. Thank you so much for a fabulous day. #mansfieldmtbuller #ceramicsmelbourne #labourdayweekend #contemporaryceramics #australianceramics #potterylife #potterylove #visitvictoriaaustralia #visitmansfieldmtbuller

More offerings at the @mansfield_pottery_festival Saturday 8th March 2025 9am to 2pm #visitmansfieldmtbuller #mansfield #mansfieldpotteryfestival #thingstodomelbourne #visitvictoriaaustralia #labourdayweekend

Now choosing my pots for this Saturday’s Mansfield Pottery Festival from 9am to 2pm-ish. I have been spending the past few years really working on my technique and my ‘voice’, which I feel is slowly beginning to emerge. I believe that handmade ceramic vessels are deeply intimate objects—that nourish, sustain, and bear witness to life’s most personal moments. I particularly love this moonjar shape as I find it lends itself well to what I’m trying to express. Colour is central to my storytelling, with vibrant hues conveying emotions and social themes. I’ll talk about my themes again soon, but basically I’m hoping to convey our relationship to the fragile interfaces of gender and environment.
@mansfield_pottery_festival @mansfield_and_district_potters #potterylife #potteryart #crawlglaze #mansfieldmtbuller #victorianalpineregion #labourdayweekend #ceramicglaze

Totally thrilled that I will be sharing my stall at the Mansfield Pottery Festival @mansfield_pottery_festival on Saturday 8th March with an amazing and inspiring young American ceramic artist, Carson Culp @culppottery. I got to know Carson last year at La Meridiana Pottery School @meridianapotteryschool in Tuscany. I did a two-week porcelain wheel-throwing course there, where Carson was co-teaching with John Colbeck, in September 2024. Carson is visiting Australia as a resident artist at Montsalvat @montsalvatartscentre at the moment and was invited to be an international artist at the Warrandyte Pottery Festival @thepotteryexpo that was unfortunately cancelled because of the extreme fire danger that weekend. He will also be exhibiting two stunning pieces at the Poets of Pottery Exhibition at the Clay Stables as part of the Mansfield Pottery Festival. It opens on Friday night, 7th March from 6.30 to 8.30pm. Here are some pictures of Carson’s work that will be for sale on Saturday at my stall as well as pictures of my time with him here and at La Meridiana with wonderful group ofof women. Please come and visit my OoPs - One- off Pottery Stall on Saturday so you don’t miss out!

Looking forward to being a stall holder at the upcoming Mansfield Pottery Festival this coming Labour Day weekend. Will be a wonderful weekend with almost 50 potters to choose from on one of the most beautiful locations in Victoria. @mansfield_pottery_festival @mansfield_and_district_potters #potterystudio #ceramics #oneoffpots #jacquilouw #potterylove #handbuilding #wheelthrowing #potterylife #melbourneceramics
#CeramicArt
#HandmadeCeramics
#PotteryLove
#ClayArt
#ContemporaryCeramics
#HandmadePottery
#PotteryForSale

Absolutely over the moon to have ten of my pottery pieces selected for display and sale @eaglesnestgallery in Aireys Inlet. Thank you so much Bruno! Also very special mention to Jessica @jwtjessicawatsonthorp for believing in me, coaching and mentoring me and inviting me to the gallery. It means the world. If any of you are looking for help and coaching as artists to get your work out there, navigating the scary world of social media (as I am, to be honest) she goes above and beyond to help fellow artists. I am so grateful to Jessica for this opportunity. #melbourne
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#antipodeanart #aireysinlet #eaglesnestgallery #australianceramics #crawlglaze #ceramicsmelbourne #PotteryLove
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Getting next batch ready for glazing. Hopefully will be done by next weekend’s @mansfield_pottery_festival with @mansfield_and_district_potters.

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