MMM 2026

Registration and information for the 2026 Maude's Mud Muster which will be held over the weekend from the 11th until the 13th of September will be available to all TCA Members on the 1st of June.

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Registrations are only open to TCA Members.

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MMM 2021 - Collecting Maude's wild clay

MMM 2022 - Stunning spring sunset at Ratho Farm

Maude Poynter's original pottery studio burnt down in the 1950's. The clay pit where she sourced her clay is still accessible today.

One of the first activities at the inaugural Mud Muster was to dig clay from Maude's pit. Some members took home Maude's wild clay to process and use. It was a challenging clay body with a few of us bringing along work to show the following year.

A collection of Maude's ceramics, along with her cousin Violet Mace, is held in the Central Highland's Visitors' Centre in Bothwell.

Maude's Mud Muster has become an annual event which is run on a first-in first-served basis. We begin advertising in May with registrations opening on the 1st of June.

TCA members are invited to attend a weekend retreat, starting
with a Friday evening meet and greet which is followed by two full day workshops on Saturday and Sunday with our invited interstate tutors.

At this weekend retreat TCA Members enjoy 2 nights in the stunning accommodation at Ratho Farm and the Bothwell Hotel, all meals and two workshops with our visiting accomplished ceramicists.

Maude's Mud Muster has become an annual event that our members look forward to. A weekend away from daily life, immersing themselves in all things clay, meeting ceramic artists from all levels of experience and fellow TCA from all over the state.

Maude's Mud Muster 2021 - 2025
and beyond...

Maude's Mud Muster has taken its name from Miss Maude Poynter, Tasmania's first studio potter. Maude established her studio around
1918 on land adjacent to Ratho Farm where her sister and family lived.

Maude was a prolific maker of functional wheel thrown pottery and a
well know Bothwell citizen.

Today, Ratho Farm as well as continuing to be a working farm is also a colonial accommodation property of self contained cottages and many original outbuildings, and is also the home of Australia's oldest golf course.

Owners Greg & Fran Ramsay established a connection with our ceramics community in honour of the property's historical past. Consequentially the TCA's inaugural Mud Muster was held in 2021, where a group of TCA members from across the state gathered together to celebrate with a weekend of celebrating the common thread - a love of ceramics.

The 2021 MMM group left a significant mark on Ratho Farm creating four
hand sculptured monuments, inspired by the present day surroundings and Maude's ceramic decorative pieces.

Maude's Mud Muster has now become a much anticipated weekend retreat for TCA members which is held annually on the second weekend
of September.