Details
- Maker•Holly Rose Morgan
- Medium•Clay
- Origin•Aotearoa
- Composition•Hand-blended New Zealand stoneware clay
- Dimensions•H105 x80mm
Description
A one-of-a-kind stoneware jar by Aotearoa ceramic artist Holly Rose Morgan, wheel-thrown from blended New Zealand stoneware clay and wood-fired for 60 hours in Daryl Frost's anagama kiln.
The fish scale pattern draws inspiration from Holly's travels in Japan, a design she has returned to throughout her practice and incorporates into selected pieces. The extended wood-firing process creates warm tonal variations across the surface, with each vessel carrying its own marks from the kiln.
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Traditional wood firing explored through contemporary ceramic practice.
Holly Rose Morgan is a ceramic artist based in Te Matau a Māui, Hawke’s Bay. Her practice explores traditional wood firing through a contemporary ceramic lens, balancing functionality, localism, conceptual depth and global ceramic heritage.
An experienced wood firer, Holly has spent recent years immersed in the study of ancient pottery techniques and cultures, undertaking extensive research overseas with a particular focus on Japanese wood-firing practices and Korean onggi pottery. Through this research, she examines how traditional ceramic techniques can exist within contemporary practice, while questioning how we consume, use and understand vessels today.
Her work spans both functional and conceptual forms and has been selected for national ceramic award exhibitions throughout New Zealand. In 2025, Holly presented Burning Ground, a major solo exhibition at Hastings City Art Gallery, showcasing two years of research and making. In 2026, Holly completed a three-month residency in Faenza, Italy, in association with the International Museum of Ceramics.
