dee johnston studio

about

dee johnston is a new zealand–based ceramic artist working across large-scale sculptural forms and site-responsive works.

her practice explores repetition, weight, and the quiet tension between softness and solidity, using hand-formed clay as a material language.

she creates site responsive works that engage with space, gravity, and the body — whether architectural, outdoor, or somewhere in between.

her work is grounded in process-led making, where time, touch, and restraint are integral to the final form.

'i create sculptural ceramic works that incorporate materials from places meaningful to the owner, exploring memory, place, and belonging.'

— dee johnston

commissions

each commission begins with a conversation — shaped by intention, context, and any materials you may wish to bring forward. you are invited to send materials directly to the studio, where they are carefully received and worked into the clay body or surface of the piece. these may be sand, ash, stone powders, or soil — matter held from a place, a memory, a life.

from there, dee develops each work in response to both material and brief, allowing the piece to emerge through this exchange, carrying a quiet, enduring connection to the person or place from which it came.

contact

for commissions, exhibitions, available work and architectural collaborations say hello@deejohnstonstudio.com