Rod & Marguerite Davis

Creators Of Fern Flat Pottery

We work together in the pottery. We have been running our business for over 40 years but came to it from different directions. 

Rod was born in Auckland 1949 and did his schooling there completing a Graphic Arts diploma at A.I.T and then travelled extensively overseas working in photography in London and then advertising in Auckland before heading to the Far North to try living a self sufficient lifestyle. It suited him and pottery enabled him to express his creativity and make ends meet.

Margy was born in the Manawatū 1956 and after Teachers College and a B.A. at Massey, headed North with the same call to try living life in the Far North. It suited her too, especially when she found Rod, and it was an easy choice to take up pottery as a vocation after a few years primary school teaching. We have two children who have long left home but were helpful co-workers during their school days and Uni holidays.

Together we seek to make lively elemental pottery that people can enjoy for its lasting beauty. We have a strong desire to make work that expresses the ancient and timeless quality of clay. Our inspiration comes from living in the rural Northland and having access to the wonderful beaches of Aotearoa. Our lifestyle offers us enormous freedom to explore many creative paths.