Ridgeline Pottery is
a working pottery
in southern Tasmania
offering
accommodation
and tailored
pottery experiences.

POTTERY

FROM WOOD-FIRED CRAFT TO BESPOKE RESTAURANT TABLEWARE

Ben Richardson and his partner Peta have been crafting ceramics in Tasmania for over three decades.

ACCOMMODATION

architect-designed
apartment

A beautifully designed self-contained, two-bedroom, apartment with spectacular ocean views over open bushland at the architect-designed home of Tasmanian potter Ben Richardson and his partner Peta.

POTTERY
EXPERIENCES

TAILORED WORKSHOPS FOR UP TO 4 PEOPLE

We offer a limited number of bespoke pottery experiences per year.
This is a unique opportunity to work beside Ben Richardson in his home studio
and learn skills tailored to your level of experience.

Keep up to date on our Instagram account

This morning was a combination of a few tests for local clay slips and then foraging wild field mushrooms - each a different response to place.
#lifeontheridge
#placematters

This morning on the lagoon a small boat floats as a dark spot in a glassy patch between golden bands of sunlight.
#lifeontheridge
#noticing

Our afternoon coffee view. Following a morning of winter preparation.
#lifeontheridge
#winterisaroundthecorner

I have an order for 2 butter domes and am making a few extras as they sell quickly whenever we have them in the showroom.
#intheworkshop
#WIP

We are fortunate to live on a narrow peninsula with access to many different coastal environments.
On our walk this morning the eroding mudstone foreshore provided these special details.
#onourmorningwalk
#lifeontheridge
#noticing

Late afternoon light on the ochred wall.
#lifeontheridge
#shadows
#noticing

Back on the wheel after a 7 week break and also back to exploring the grub trail roulette texture - it often takes time to work out form and glaze combinations that suit a particular technique.
#intheworkshop
#WIP

Three objects seen recently at the NGV.
Choi Sung-jae - Tranquil Pond
Detail of a Korean wrapping cloth.
Miyazawa Akita - lidded box
#ridgelineontheroad
#noticing

This woodfired slab platter stayed on the mainland as we headed home. Always good to know where the really good ones find a home.
#lifeontheridge
#woodfiredceramics

Off the ferry this morning and the beginning of our drive home through mist shrouded hills and valleys.
A brief stopover @cradlemountainfireplaces just after they opened to check out changing our open fireplace for a more enclosed option - they had

Not a great fan of this sort of blue on pots but in this case there is enough going on around the colour stripe to make it work.
Seen @kazari_ziguzagu - apparently it was a type of glass melting crucible.
#ridgelineontheroad

Where we are staying with @yogibakka and @bakkaconstructions there is a fantastic spot on a black bench with side light coming through a window to photograph pots. Our friends have a great collection of our pots including this rope impressed and lugg

This pot seemed rather lonely in a corner @kazari_ziguzagu warehouse so I made an offer and it’s now in the Campulance coming home with us.
A few cracks to fill with Araldite and bronze dust and then enjoy exploring its possibilities!
#ridgel

One of the pluses with delaying our return because of Covid was to be able to have a meal @james_southmelbourne A really considered set of dishes gave us both a wonderful meal and a chance to see the tableware we delivered to them 5 weeks ago in crea