Watch: Elise Dalley has returned from a month in the Japanese countryside on a ceramics residency

South West Rocks resident, Elise Dalley, has been practicing ceramics for almost a decade.

She has recently returned from a month in the Japanese countryside for a ceramics residency where she learnt from local makers and created pieces using local clays and glazes.

The Mid North Coaster sat down with Dalley to hear about her time away – doing six hour shifts feeding traditional Japanese kilns with wood every 10 minutes over five days, using handmade Japanese tools, and learning Kurinuki, among other things.

Watch the video below:

Dalley is selling some of the pieces she made in Japan, alongside other pieces made with locally-sourced clay and granite, on Saturday, November 29, from 9am - 5pm at 89 Gregory St, South West Rocks.

Pictures supplied.