Peter Gibbs Pottery

I was a professional potter in Nelson between 1975 and 1993. As a parallel career, I developed an interest in writing during the 1980s, contributing to many pottery and craft magazines around the world. During the early 1990s I became editor of the quarterly magazine Craft NZ, selling the rural Omaio Pottery. In 1994, I joined the Nelson Mail newspaper as a sub-editor, continuing in that career until retirement in 2015.

In late 2022, some chance conversations and encouragement from friends led to the establishment of a small pottery in the Nelson suburb of The Wood with my wife Cathie Lindsey. We've recently moved the workshop to Tirimoana, near Anakiwa in the Marlborough Sounds, where we have a small showroom. You will mostly find me behind the potter's wheel, and happy to have a chat with visitors.

My work is all wheel-thrown. I try to let the marks of the making process stay evident on my pots. I'm working to developing glazes that pool and flow leaving the throwing process visible.