The Christchurch earthquakes may have brought Di Fox's plates, bowls and vases crashing to the floor, but she has now found herself making a new range in a room within the Queenstown Art Centre.
The Wakatipu Pottery Group member moved to the resort from Christchurch.
Over 15 years she has made hundreds of pieces.
''I'm useless at art but I can do things in 3-D. It's a creative outlet for me that I can't do anywhere else.''
She quickly added, ''Don't ask me to cook'', to which fellow club member Suzanne White quipped, ''You can bring the plates though.''
Evidence of work from the group can be seen in the signage of La Rumbla in Arrowtown and in a gift shop in Queenstown.
Group member Shana Skelton, who also moved to the resort from Christchurch, usually takes native foliage to press into clay which is then moulded into vases, plates or cups.
Bowls and plates are common transformations for clay but members recalled a man who used clay to make something slightly less common but practical nonetheless.
An udu is an African instrument shaped like a vessel with a large hole; music is made by quickly hitting the hole by hand.
''He made it by hand and played it for us when we got it out of the kiln,'' Ms Fox said.
''It was really lovely.''
Open nights are held from 6pm-8pm on Wednesday evenings and for an annual membership fee of $90 members have access to all the tools they need for working with clay and the kiln.
Anyone is welcome to join.
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