FOSTER A POTTER AWARD OF $10,000
Liane Fenwick (student) & Malcolm Greenwood (mentor); Sydney NSW
Mid-January to December 2025

Liane Fenwick plans to work beside master potter, Malcolm Greenwood, in his Sydney studio. Malcolm has been working with clay for 48 years and produces custom designed tableware for some of the most exclusive restaurants, hotels and cafes in Australia. Malcolm feels a responsibility to share his knowledge and experience and is committed to teaching Liane a broad range of practical skills, along with the critical elements of form and function essential for commercial tableware as a canvas for food. Liane will also be learning the business skills for running a viable studio practice with the intention of establishing her own ceramic business and taking on some of Malcolm’s new clients in 2026.
Follow their journey on Instagram HERE.

FOSTER A POTTER AWARD OF $10,000
Siena Hyland (student); Melbourne VIC & Bandicoot Pottery (mentors); Cobargo NSW
Mid-February to November 2025

Siena Hyland will be working alongside Daniel Lafferty and Gabrielle Powell at Bandicoot Pottery. Daniel has been a full-time ceramic artist for nearly 40 years providing one-off pieces and tableware for many of Australia’s fine-dining restaurants and his production studio utilises wild clay and ash glazes fired in his wood kiln. Gabrielle Powell is a teacher, ceramicist and basket maker, specialising in community arts. Siena is keen to harvest raw materials from the landscape, choosing Daniel as a mentor partly for his knowledge of the geological formation of primary and secondary clays, clay and mineral identification and processing, and glaze testing with local materials. Siena is also seeking to learn technical and business skills, self-promotion, and marketing in order to showcase her work to a broader audience. Daniel and Gabrielle are looking forward to having Siena’s energy and enthusiasm in the studio to assist with their pottery classes and with some of the manual tasks involving in running a teaching facility and a production studio.

THE ANNE MOSSMAN AWARD OF $5,000
Lachlan Mackee (student); Cairns QLD & Len Cook (mentor); Paluma QLD
June to September 2025

Lachlan Mackee is seeking guidance and mentorship, along with tacit skill transfer, from Len Cook, a master potter and one of Australia’s leading anagama woodfirers, who has made a living from his craft for more than forty years. Lachlan hopes to gain the confidence and knowledge to improve his current skills and practice, and expand this into his future as a full-time studio potter. This placement revolves around two month-long blocks focused on firing Len Cook’s anagama kiln. This will include wood preparation, designing and making works for this style of kiln, kiln loading, and finally firing, then the kiln/work clean up.