Community Contributed
Janis Smith
Kete Horowhenua2020-03-23T16:52:49+00:00Media | 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 |
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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 |
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