Jenny Lange

Country: NZ
Instagram: @jennylangepots
Artist Discipline: Pottery/ Ceramics

Jenny is a potter and ceramics teacher based in Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland, working from her home studio nestled in the bush of Titirangi. She primarily creates wheel-thrown domestic ware, complemented by sculptural handbuilt pieces. Her work is fired in gas reduction and occasionally soda, embracing the unpredictable nature of clay and flame. Jenny values the balance between control and surrender, relinquishing part of the outcome to the kiln.

Returning to Driving Creek holds deep personal significance for Jenny. As a child, she spent time there alongside her father, a close friend of Barry Brickell. Now, as a practicing potter, she seeks to reconnect with the space as an artist. During her residency, she aims to explore ideas of sampling from the legacy of Barry and visiting artists, as well as the land itself translating nostalgic forms from nature and industry into new work through intuitive experimentation.

Chloe Mason

Country: NZ
Website: www.chloe-mason.com
Instagram: @chlochlo_mason
Artist Discipline: Mixed Media

Chloe Mason is an emerging artist working at the intersection of eco-somatic experience, analog photography, and filmmaking. Her current practice draws from new materialist and hydrofeminist theory to explore how non-human entities represent themselves, seeking to bridge the inner world of bodily perception with the external rhythms of the natural environment. Chloe's time spent in both the darkroom and immersive natural settings informs her poetic, research-driven work.

As a recent graduate, Chloe views the Driving Creek residency as a pivotal opportunity to deepen her creative inquiry outside the institutional framework of art school. She plans to develop a new body of work that continues her investigation into ecological interconnection, while also engaging with the local community and surrounding landscape to spark new ideas and collaborations.

Rosie Parsonson & Richard Darbyshire

Country: NZ
Website: www.rosyandrich.nz
Instagram: @rosyndrich
Artist Discipline: Pottery/ Ceramics, Sculpture/ Carving, Painting, Drawing/ Illustration

Rosy & Rich is the collaborative practice of Rosie Parsonson (b. 1987, Auckland) and Richard Darbyshire (b. 1973, Hamilton), established in 2013. Working from their studio and kilns at the Quarry Arts Centre, the duo creates ceramics that blend local and global cultural references where surface and form converge, and art meets craft. Their work embodies a dialogue between the past and present, rooted in traditional techniques while embracing contemporary aesthetics.

Both artists hold Diplomas in Art & Craft from Hungry Creek Art School and Bachelor of Applied Arts (Visual) degrees from NorthTec. Richard also completed further studies in 3D Design (Ceramics Major) at Waikato Polytechnic and pursued postgraduate work at Elam School of Fine Arts. Their combined backgrounds in ceramics, painting, and jewellery inform a practice that is deeply material-driven and richly layered in meaning.

Eve Breckenridge

Country: US
Website: evebreckenridge.com
Artist Discipline: Painting

Eve Breckenridge is a passionate painter whose creative process is driven by emotion, instinct, and presence. At 80 years old, she approaches her work with fearless energy and a deep love for the unpredictable journey of painting. Whether working indoors or outside, she layers her canvases with earth-toned pigments turmeric, rust, and raw texture removing as much as she applies in a constant dialogue of doubt, curiosity, and joy. Her practice is less about planning and more about trusting the moment, allowing each painting to evolve into a reflection of the now.

Eve’s aim during her residency at Driving Creek is to create a fresh body of work inspired by the environment and energy of the place a site she fell in love with during a past visit. She is excited to engage with the space, share her process with others, and soak in the stillness (and the cappuccinos) that made her dream of returning. For Eve, art is not just creation it’s a ritual of bravery, presence, and reinvention.

Madison Cowper

Instagram: @bestpotterintheworld
Artist Discipline: Pottery/ Ceramics, Drawing/ Illustration

North Cowper (Horst) is a ceramic artist recently returned to Aotearoa after three years living between Europe and Hawai‘i. A former tutor and train driver at Driving Creek Railway, Horst discovered pottery seven years ago in a Vietnamese pottery village, where the sustainable practice of digging clay from the riverbank to create functional wares deeply inspired him. This experience sparked a lifelong connection to place-based ceramics and a respect for the impermanence of unfired clay—a material that invites play, freedom, and release from attachment to finished outcomes.

Horst’s current work draws on architectural textures and layered surfaces—graffiti from Honolulu, Spanish tilework in Granada, and the quiet stories etched into bricks and walls. His practice celebrates ceramics not just as a craft, but as a way of connecting intimately with place, memory, and materials shaped by hand and history.