Rick Rudd
Teapot, Shape 045, 2025
Earthenware
160 x 140 x 105mm
One of six for Weekly Objects
$595

"Rick Rudd is a pioneer potter, forging his own territory on a galactic clay frontier. 

When the ceramics world was obsessing over lumpen russet tones of earthenware, Rick was out there on his own building high-art teapots – lightning bolts, love hearts, fluffy clouds, each one high-functioning and ferocious.

For Objectspace six iconic teapots in Rick Rudd signature black that are wonderous and weird. One day everyone will know Rick Rudd is a genius. Snap up one of these darlings up, and you’ll be able to say I told you so." – Kim Paton

We’ve commissioned five unparalleled makers to create their own unique series of Objectspace limited editions for Weekly Objects 2025. All proceeds go to the artist and Objectspace. Win. Win. 2025

Shipping is calculated at checkout, or pick-up for free from Objectspace, 13 Rose Road, Ponsonby. 

Artist Bio

British-born studio potter Rick Rudd attained a Diploma of Art and Design, Ceramics from Wolverhampton College of Art in 1972. Resident in Aotearoa New Zealand since 1973, Rudd has won numerous awards for his work and has exhibited widely throughout New Zealand and abroad. His work is held in institutional collections across the country. Rudd has been an active member of the ceramics community for five decades, including a term as president of the New Zealand Society of Potters (1988–91). In 2013 he established the Rick Rudd Foundation, a charitable trust, and in 2015 he opened the Quartz Museum of Studio Ceramics in Whanganui, the only dedicated museum for studio ceramics in Aotearoa. In 2020 he was awarded a MNZM.