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Nice Assets is the work of Nicole Gaston, a Wellington-based craftswoman who creates fun colourful ceramics.
Follow me on @nice.assets for regular updates.
Get in touch if you’d like to visit me at my studio in Aro Valley.
Please note studio visits are by appointment only.
I am an American living in Aotearoa while making clay things and working in libraries. I love teaching and currently do so at Inverlochy Art School and from my home studio. I love my jobs with school libraries around the country and as the library manager at Te Kura o Toi Whakaari.
I like to think I am finding ways to fight supremacist structures and ecological devastation in some ways with my work both in clay and libraries. I’m trying to be hopeful about the future and find & spread as much joy as I can while I’m here on this planet.
I’m currently the chair of the Ceramics Association of New Zealand where I work with a lot of awesome people to support clay workers and build a strong and inclusive ceramics sector.
In 2018 I won the Waikato Ceramics award for Best First-time Exhibitor at the annual Ceramicus exhibition.
I also exhibited work in the 2019 Ceramicus exhibition (photograph above) and the KINK 2021 group show.
In addition to pots I make lots of other stuff, at my home workshop in Aro Valley, Wellington, Aotearoa.
I am also help out with the Mechanical Tempest Community Bike Workshop, and the Pyramid Club/Sound and Light Exploration Society.