Paige Hottwagner is an emerging Sydney based ceramic artist with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the National Art School, Darlinghurst. 

 

Her practice engages with natural systems, drawing on botanical and microscopic forms to explore processes of growth and transformation. Informed by the intricate structures of flowering plants, particularly pollen grains, her work develops through abstract ceramic vessels that emphasise precision, repetition, and material sensitivity. 

 

Through wheel-throwing and hand-building, alongside detailed surface treatments and restrained glazing, she foregrounds form and structure as sites of quiet complexity. Her work sits within a contemporary ceramic discourse that positions the vessel as a space for conceptual and material inquiry. 

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Paige Hottwagner is the 2025 Recipient of the Gallery Lane Cove NAS Ceramic Award.

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Chun, Eryngium, Cynara, Noctilucent, Echeveria, Euphorbia (left to right), Blackwattle White Midfire, Mixed Midfire Glazes, 2025

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