Studio Enki
Functional ceramics made with love. Studio Enki is the workshop of Nicholas Hannah, in Bellingen, NSW.
This little town where the river flows into the ocean is a place of extraordinary natural beauty and a source of constant inspiration. I incorporate local natural materials into my work, looking to express the wildness that exists in the places I collect my clay. All my work is dishwasher and microwave safe, and designed to be used and enjoyed daily.
17/12/2022
Let the light in
14/12/2022
Universe within
13/12/2022
Space for rituals
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09/12/2022
Landscapes at sunrise
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07/12/2022
Containers for spirit
05/12/2022
Sometimes beauty sits just below the surface
23/11/2022
Wild clay from central coast NSW. Wood fired in kiln, years ago.
17/05/2022
They dance sometimes
15/05/2022
Dancing bowls
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22/01/2021
Settling in to a new life, a new world
25/07/2020
Many things drift and change in this life, but the joy of making is unshakeable.
When was the last time you made something with your hands?
22/07/2020
It's been a long time, friends. I've been working on a few things, clay and otherwise. Trees have been speaking to me lately.
There is beauty everywhere when you know how to look.
I hope you have been taking care of yourself, and the people around you. x
20/07/2020
Just a few more of this amazing woman _⠀
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Creating A Safe World From Within⠀
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“…It is designed to remind you of your immense power, to help you understand the inextricable link between your inner and outer world, and to help us all co-write a better next chapter for humanity. Together, let’s create a safe world, starting from within.”⠀
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30/06/2020
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04/06/2020
On whiteness:
I apologise for my actions, conscious and unconscious, which have caused harm. I acknowledge that my privilege is a consequence of imperialism and genocide. I acknowledge that I do not know even how to begin making reparations, but I can start with listening and learning.
I acknowledge that a life lived on stolen land can never be whole. I acknowledge with deep shame that we have voted in another racist and genocidal government. Revolutionary action is justified when those in power are unjust. I acknowledge that that path to justice is long and white people everywhere will need to make changes in order to make space for a diverse and healthy culture.
May we all stand together, and listen to the words of those who need to speak.
May we build a world where no person lives in fear of any other.
26/09/2019
Eat Clay Love is tomorrow and the tickets have sold out! I am seriously excited to be hosting this event with and special guest Simha Koether .
In truth, I try to avoid the "I'm so excited" voice on instagram, because we have all too much of it in this social media saturated world, but in this instance it is appropriate. Of course like every adventure into new territory it is by turns exciting and terrifying, but things have come together in a beautiful way now. Mostly I feel a deep joy of knowing we will get to share something meaningful tomorrow, with great food and compelling conversation.
There will be more of this to come. A bringing together of the things that are important and meaningful in this little life of mine. Food, art, people and conversation. The clay journey is a long and winding one, and anyone who is on that path will know what I mean when I say it isn't easy, but they will surely also understand the unquenchable urge to keep going, to dig into the clay, to listen to the earth and hear what it has to say. Clay has opened me up in ways I would never have imagined, and I look forward to sharing some of that tomorrow evening.
From November we're planning on making this a monthly event, so if you missed out this time, see you at the next one. x
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Let the hashtags flow...
17/09/2019
Looking at the world, playing with the world. Making and experiencing. In this, there is a sense of meaning and connection. This is the path I'm following.⠀
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15/09/2019
Always playing with slight variations in clay and glaze. With just a few basic materials you can create a huge range of variation just experimenting with combinations. Letting accident and intuition into the studio, informed by whatever technical knowledge I've acquired over the years. ⠀
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Each cup comes alive.⠀
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13/09/2019
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I am extraordinarily pleased to be bringing into the world my very first food + clay collaboration with the incredibly talented and all-round wonderful .⠀
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On the 27 of September (TWO WEEKS!) We'll be hosting a 3 hour workshop, teaching hand-building skills and sharing with you a nourishing meal created by us. ⠀
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Details below, or follow the link in my bio.⠀
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Join us for an evening of complete immersion in clay & lovingly prepared food.⠀
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Nick & Em’s friendship was forged through their love of clay, humanity and sharing nourishing food.⠀
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Together they bring you an experience that combines these three passions.⠀
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☾ FRIDAY the 27TH of SEP⠀
✹ 6pm - 9pm⠀
✺ Wheel of Life’s New co-working creative space⠀
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This event includes:⠀
✱ all clay⠀
✱ a demonstration of hand building techniques⠀
✱ a lovingly prepared meal⠀
✱ a portion of the event’s profits will be contributed to a local cause⠀
* firing - up to 3 mug sized pieces or equivalent⠀
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Not included:⠀
✱ Alcohol. We are BYO! Please feel free to bring your beverage of choice.⠀
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12/08/2019
Women became the official property of men at least 4000 years ago, when the code of Hammurabi was chiselled into stone, but we can easily imagine that a similar social system existed well before that. ⠀
In Australia women were given the right to vote in 1908. 4000 of sitting silent in the democratic process, and now in living memory there is a change for the better. My grandmother hardly had a choice over whether she cleaned the house or followed her dreams. And here we are, in our own lifetime, smashing down centuries & millennia of systematised oppression of women. There is still so much to be done, but it's worth stopping for a second to consider how monumental this is.⠀
It is the great shame of mankind that our mothers, daughters, and lovers should be treated like this. It will take lifetimes to undo the damage that has been done, to roll back the entrenched disparity between us.⠀
But now, in this moment, thanks to the free sharing of information, the ability to build communities that operate outside established channels, and a slowly growing global social conscience, we are doing that work.⠀
It is hard to celebrate what is at heart simply the undoing of a great crime, but victories must be celebrated wherever they occur, to give strength to the movement. The forward momentum must be maintained. There will be no peace on earth until every gender has an equal place. ⠀
The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.⠀
Please, friends, if ever an opportunity arises that I can be a better man and make changes to move towards true equality, tell me. Tell me and tell every man you know.
08/08/2019
Spaces made for holding. ⠀
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08/08/2019
Some days it is hard to let the light shine in. But it is there, every day, waiting for us. In the soil and in the sky there is the love that we are all seeking. Today it was hiding in the smell of a carrot pulled fresh from the earth. Where will it be tomorrow?
07/08/2019
It makes me so happy to know that most of this batch are out in the world with their new owners.⠀
Everything I do, everything I learn, every ounce of my focus is about making something that brings you joy. I hope that sometimes I am successful. x⠀⠀⠀⠀
05/08/2019
Landscapes, rivers, threads of silk and dust and rock.⠀
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Pondering the connection between clay and meditation practice. Each informs the other. The two anchors of my life, the touchstones I am always returning to. There is a feeling that some upcoming body of work must address this connection. The dialogue between one and the other, the free flow of ideas, the way both practices speak to direct lived experience.⠀
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Earth, the body, spirit, the moon. There is much to ponder.⠀⠀⠀⠀
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02/08/2019
And old pot that keeps revealing new faces. Clay I dug and took straight from the ground to the wheel, full of rocks and sand and life. Throwing clay like this is wonderful because the coarse material starts to rip the bowl apart if you overwork it. The clay tells you when you are done, and you just need to learn to listen.⠀
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Working with clay is always a balancing act between what you want and what they clay knows it must do, but it is never more apparent than when dancing with wild clay like this.⠀
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A dry, responsive feldspathic glaze, put through a wood firing yields a surface that speaks of the life the clay lived before I took it from the earth.⠀⠀⠀⠀
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