Ayni Pottery on K´Rd • Artist-led Pottery and Ceramics Studio

ARTIST • ARTESANA • CERAMICIST

AYNI is home to Erica. Argentine artist currently based in New Zealand.

Creation, Presence, and Connection

Ayni is the home of my creative practice.
A space for clay, ideas, experimentation and the quiet unfolding of things that are not yet fully known.

My work moves between ceramics, installation, reflection and everyday ritual, exploring connection, presence, transformation and our shared humanity.
I am interested in what emerges when we slow down enough to listen, to the material, to ourselves, and to what is asking to take shape.

Clay remains at the heart of my practice: tactile, ancient, grounding and constantly changing. Through making, I explore not only form, but the spaces between things, silence and movement, individuality and belonging, fragility and strength.

Ayni is an evolving practice, open to what comes next.

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Ayni means reciprocity. An ancient Andean principle of mutual exchange, the understanding that what we give, receive, create and share is part of a larger web of connection. This idea sits at the heart of my practice: a continuous exchange between artist and material, self and others, giving and receiving, creating and being transformed by what we create.

Meet the Artist

I’m Erica, an Argentine artist living and creating in Aotearoa New Zealand.

My practice is an ongoing exploration of what it means to be human: to change, to belong, to let go, to begin again. Clay is one of the ways I think, feel and make sense of the world, but my work is not limited to one material or one form.

I value freedom, curiosity and the space to follow what feels alive. I allow my practice to evolve with me, moving between ceramics, weaving, writing, ritual and whatever new territory is calling to be explored.

Ayni is an expression of that freedom: a space where I can create, experiment and remain open to becoming.

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