Resident Artists

The Quarry is home to a changing group of resident artists who work from on-site studios.

Robert Carter
Robert Carter
Robert Carter is an artist and clay-worker who is using 3D printer technologies to explore sculptural ideas in ceramics. Contact Studio 10 Email: robisdifferent@gmail.com www.instagram.com/rob_is_different/ Read more...
Dave Taylor – Carver
Dave Taylor – Carver
Inspired by nature, Maori iconography and korero (story telling), Dave's works are highly adorned and engraved with intricate and detailed patterns. Dave has been carving for more than 30 years.... Read more...
Jo Porter – Carver
Jo Porter – Carver
"I've worked in Whangarei and Northland for 20 years. In that time I've created many pieces both large and small." Whakairo rakau is the Maori art of woodcarving and has... Read more...
Amorangi Hikuroa – Clay artist
Amorangi Hikuroa – Clay artist
"For me the medium of clay is a very powerful alchemy; we wield all the elements to create our mahi." Amorangi Hikuroa (Nga Puhi, Ngati Maniapoto) is a clay artist.... Read more...
Rosie Parsonson – Illustrator, portraitist
Rosie Parsonson – Illustrator, portraitist
"It's about looking in as they look out, an exchange with an art work." Rosie creates lively and visually challenging works – in painting and as objects. She frequently adorns... Read more...
Richard Darbyshire – Painter, ceramic artist
Richard Darbyshire – Painter, ceramic artist
"There's something exciting happening in Northland, and we want to be right at the centre of it." Richard is a working artist who exhibits new work every year, in  solo... Read more...
Dell Pryor - Sculptor
Dell Pryor - Sculptor
"The Quarry and its people inspire me so much, I have so many ideas here." From her earliest memories Dell has always had an affinity with clay modelling, leading to... Read more...
Remembering Past Studiop Artists: Joan Emery – Painter and Printmaker
Remembering Past Studiop Artists: Joan Emery – Painter and Printmaker
Joan Emery has worked as a professional artist for many years and explores a range of mediums, genres and subject matter in both painting and printmaking. She has exhibited, locally,... Read more...
Remembering Past Studio Artists: Helen Hughes – Ceramic artist
Remembering Past Studio Artists: Helen Hughes – Ceramic artist
“The alchemy is always a magical combination of the elements.” Helen hand builds and shapes all of her sculptures – and that is what makes them unique. Twenty years ago... Read more...