Peter Collis

Peter Collis has spent a lifetime working with clay, focusing on the interplay of form and surface. A master thrower and technical innovator, he creates pure-form vessels finished with handmade lustre glazes, crackle, textured engobe, matte surfaces, and crystal glazes.

Much of Collis’s inspiration comes from the environment he knows best—the Waitematā Harbour in Auckland—its forms and rhythms subtly echoed in his work.