Desert Mob 2025 Hermannsburg Potters Ceramics Workshop

Desart is the peak arts body for over 30 Central Australian Aboriginal Art centres.

Desart

An incredible and rare chance to join artists of the renowned Hermannsburg Potters for a two-day workshop.

Central Craft

Desert Mob presents a rare chance to join Anita Mbitjana Ratara, Hayley Panangka Coulthard and Beth Mbitjana Inkamala, of the renowned Hermannsburg Potters collective, for a two-day ceramics workshop and a special screening of their new animation Antala-iperra (Weather).The Hermannsburg Potters are a dedicated group of Western Aranda artists renowned for creating vibrant handmade ceramic pots that encompass collective and individually lived histories in their Country. The Ntaria artists continue a 30-year legacy, sculpting and painting their visual histories and contemporary settings, speaking to their cultural beliefs, traditions and values.Over this two-session, two-day workshop, you will learn the processes involved in creating their iconic hand-crafted pots. On day one you’ll make your own pot and (after it dries overnight) return on day two to decorate it.

Experience stories of Country, culture and community - and create your own story in clay!The workshop will run:11:30am – 1:30pm, Saturday 13 September, +10am – 12pm, Sunday 14 SeptemberAll materials included in workshop ticket fee.Please wear closed-toe footwear and apron (or clothing you're happy to cover in clay) to this workshop.Works made during this workshop can be subsequently fired and shipped at the workshop attendee's request. An additional firing and handling fee will apply, of approximately $25.00, depending on the size of the work.<a href="https://desertmob.com/" title="https://desertmob.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Full Desert Mob 2025 event details and information to assist in planning your visit at www.desertmob.com</a>Presented by <a href="https://desart.com.au/" title="https://desart.com.au/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Desart</a> in Mparntwe, on Arrernte Country.

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Image credits:Image 1: Judith Inkamala painting on her pot at the Hermannsburg Potters studio, 2025. Video still. Image by Sara Maiorino, courtesy of Desart.Image 2: Hayley Panangka Coulthard and participants at the Ceramics Workshop during Desert Mob Marketplace, 2024. Photo by Sara Maiorino, courtesy of Desart.Image 3: Stephani Ratara, Hermannsburg Potters at studio in Ntaria/ Hermannsburg 2024. Photo by Dimity Cole. Courtesy of the artist and Hermannsburg Potters.Image 4:Irntaakupma (thorny devil) by Judith Inkamala. Still from Antala-Iperra - Weather (educational version 2025), Hermannsburg Potters. Courtesy of Hermannsburg Potters and Studio Peeki.Image 5: Hermannsburg Potters studio in Ntaria/ Hermannsburg 2023. Photo by Rhett Hammerton. Courtesy of Desart.

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