Jacqui Atkin, our consultant editor and creator of our hand-build projects, has a daughter, Charlie, in Australia who makes the most amazing plaster moulds for slip-casting. We’ll run a feature on Charlie in a future issue, but one of her recent commissions was for Matiu Bush. If you were around in the 1970s, you’ll remember the huge green bottle terrariums that were all the rage. Well, he wanted moulds of those. If you’ve ever made a plaster mould, you’ll know that even small ones are heavy and bulky, so imagine what was needed for something of that size! There was a lot of trial and error, but Charlie did it. Matiu came to ceramics fairly late in life, but is really making his mark with his cold-glazed pieces. Spiky, colourful,…
