Kete Horowhenua

Media	pottery
Contact phone number	027 335 6038
Contact email address	janis.pottery@slingshot.co.nz

Janis pays scant attention to functionality and dwells solely on what an imaginative mind and hand can produce. Fantasy and strong colours are the two main elements. She enjoys experimenting with glazes and paint.

She prefers handbuilt pots to wheel-thrown, as they feel like old friends by the time they are finished. She says not everything comes together at the right time, and there's a lot of trial and error, but we learn from each mistake. Sometimes the mistakes turn out the most interesting.

Janis likes working on a big scale, making large jugs, or her speciality, fish. Each one is different and unique. A recent series of teapots are anything but conventional or functional, just fun. Her pots can be found in the homes of discerning buyers in the Netherlands, Ireland, Canada, Britain, Japan ,Australia and the USA as well as NZ.

Her most recent work moves away from three-dimensional objects to focus on tiles. Many of these have pools of coloured glass melted on to the surface, resulting in areas of vibrantly bright colours. All the tiles can be safely hung inside or out.

All the pots pictured are for sale. Orders will also be taken.

Janis is a member of the Levin Pottery Club where new members are always most welcome.


hedge flowers red glass SOLD	snailed orange glass SOLD	flutter-by blue glass SOLD	Bee power yellow glass SOLD

Blue glass wall flower SOLD	Red glass wall flower SOLD	Yellow glass wall flower SOLD	Wine glass wall flower SOLD

Lily Pond SOLD	Lizard Pond SOLD	Kapiti SOLD	Pohutukawa Beach SOLD

Bombay Sky SOLD	Autumn Day SOLD	Fern Fronds	Breakie at Sunrise


Raku Jug SOLD	Purple Rope Jug	Rope Jug SOLD	Teal Rope Jug SOLD

Imgonakepit SOLD		Tri-Pot SOLD	Koru Plaited Bowl SOLD

Raku Teapot SOLD	Nikau Vessel Glazed SOLD	Nikau Sculpture SOLD	A Vine Wine SOLD

Spring Growth SOLD		Plaited Sphere	KORU PLAITED DEEP BOWL SOLD


Wally small free standing fish SOLD	Dave SOLD	Mack SOLD	Pee Brain SOLD

Cooper	Bob the Bobble Fish SOLD	Rob the Red Fish SOLD	Splash SOLD

Owen Very large free standing fish SOLD	Fred SOLD	Fighting Fish SOLD	Zachary

Abe SOLD	Lem SOLD	Ducky	Metallica SOLD


A Day At The Beach 1 SOLD	A Day At The Beach 2 SOLD	Shells SOLD	One Fish

Beach 1 SOLD	Beach 2 SOLD	Skools in SOLD	Skools out SOLD

Phoenix Large Wall Fish SOLD	Basil SOLD	GREGORY	Harold SOLD

OCTOPUS 6" HIGH SOLD	4" high TURTLE SOLD	4" high TURTLE SOLD	4" high TURTLE SOLD


OCTOPUS 5" HIGH	OCTOPUS 5" HIGH SOLD	OCTOPUS 5" HIGH	OCTOPUS 6" HIGH SOLD

VERY SMALL WALL FISH	VERY SMALL WALL FISH SOLD	VERY SMALL WALL FISH	VERY SMALL WALL FISH SOLD

BEACH WALL CLOCK SOLD	VERY SMALL WALL FISH	VERY SMALL WALL FISH SOLD	VERY SMALL WALL FISH SOLD

BLUE JELLY FISH	TEAL JELLY FISH	VERY SMALL SEAHORSE SOLD	VERY SMALL WALL FISH SOLD


RED JUG ROPE HANDLE	BLUE TRY POT SOLD	POHUTUKAWA BOWLS ONE SOLD	LATTICE BOWL

LARGE WALL TILE GREEN -DARK BLUE GLASS SOLD	DICKENS ST LARGE WALL TILE SOLD	VERY LARGE TWO PIECE RAKU TILE CALLED SUMMERS DAY RAKU	VERY LARGE TWO PIECE TILE CALLED PROGRESS

4" BUST	4" RED BUST	4" WHITE BUST	4" BLUE BUST

NIKAU TRIO SOLD	NZ FLOWERS SOLD	YELLOW-RED GLASS WITH BLACK EDGING SOLD	BLUE GLASS WITH BLUE EDGE




PETE WALL FISH	WILLIAM WALL FISH	TED WALL FISH SOLD	BRIAN WALL FISH

SIMON WALL FISH	WARWICK WALL FISH	QUINN WALL FISH	OSCAR WALL FISH

FRANK WALL FISH	ALBERT WALL FISH	PIERRE LARGE WALL FISH	DEXTER LARGE WALL FISH

Community Contributed

Janis Smith

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