It takes time and patience to master the pottery wheel. Fortunately, ceramicist Shane Connery has both.
The young craftsman grew up in McLaren Vale and studied jazz at the University of Adelaide’s Elder Conservatorium of Music before the world of pottery opened up to him.
‘As a little boy, I wanted to play basketball for the NBA,’ he says. ‘I never imagined this would be my life.’
Connery was living and playing drums in Europe when an encounter with a Spanish ceramicist set clay cogs turning. After returning to Australia in 2016, Connery
