Portfolio | Callum Trudgeon Pottery — Callum Trudgeon

This page has selection of work from different stages of my practice as a potter. The work reflects the places I've worked, the people I've learned from, and the different materials, firing methods and ideas that have shaped my approach to making.

Driving Creek Handcrafted Pottery

Here is a selection of the Driving Creek Handcrafted pottery range. I moved to the Coromandel in 2022 to establish a production pottery at Driving Creek. The range is designed by me and produced alongside the production team, currently including Matilda Halley and Millie Godfery.

To purchase the pottery or see more from the range, visit shop.drivingcreek.nz.

Four ceramic tankards with handles, one in earthy orange-brown glaze and the other in matte green tenmoku glaze, one cream dolomite glaze, on blur Chun glaze both with textured surfaces, placed side by side on a grey background.

Collection of light blue ceramic dishware, including two small bowls, a tea pot, a creamer, and two saucers, arranged on a plain surface against a neutral background.

Three ceramic jars with lids, arranged outdoors on a rock surface, with green grass and plants in the background.

A set of three nested round ceramic bowls on a plain white background.

Close-up of a stack of pottery bowls with earthy tones, placed outdoors on a rust-colored surface with a blurred background of green plants and a brick surface.

Two ceramic bowls with speckled gray insides and unglazed brown outsides on a white background.

Multiple ceramic pottery pieces, including cups, bowls, and pitchers, displayed in a pottery studio or shop.

Leach Pottery Apprenticeship 2014-2017

I started my three year apprenticeship in 2014. Alongside working full time for the pottery every member of the production team was encouraged to use the studio to practice and produce their own work. Here are a few examples of my personal work produced during my apprenticeship.

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Bizen, Japan

In August 2018, potter Kazuya Ishida invited me to work with him in Bizen. The aim was for me to make British-style tea ware using the local clays and firing style. At the time I didn't document the full range of what I made, which I now regret, but here are a few photos of my own work produced in Bizen alongside the tea ware.