Makers from Anna Miles Gallery, left to right: Richard Stratton, Mark Braunias painting, Vita Cochran
All images copyright the artist, Sam Hartnett and Anna Miles Gallery

Auckland City Fringe Makers Trail

Welcome to our makers trail, including galleries, shops, ceramic and pottery studios.

Updated April 2024

Our city fringe includes Upper Queen St, Ponsonby, Grey Lynn, Westmere and Pt Chevalier. This can be broken into two sections. From Anna Miles to Objectspace, Studio One Toi Tu to Workshop 6, and Edge City . You can access all or parts of this trail on foot, by bus, bike or drive.

Check the opening hours before embarking on this one – especially for the makers – Thursday to Saturday is often best.

April 2024 update. 
We have added new options in the Grey Lynn shops including Tawhiao, the gallery of artist Tracey Tawhiao, and Season Aotearoa, recently moved from downtown.  Public Record has moved down the road slightly, and Studio One Toi Tu is back in its original location at 1 Ponsonby Road.

Anna Miles Gallery 

Anna Miles Gallery: Art Dealer with a specialist interest in objects. Find the work of leading makers including Peter Hawkesby, Richard Stratton, Vita Cochran, Octavia Cook, Warwick Freeman, Isobel Thom and Karin Montgomery.

Masterworks

A wide selection of New Zealand and Australrian contemporary makers in glass, ceramics, fibre and much more.

Studio One Toi Tu

Regular exhibitions and classes

Studio One Toi Tū offers more ways for Aucklanders to meet and share ideas, skills and practices – with each other and visitors.

Public Record

A perfect mix of local and Japanese makers with a perfect Japanese aesthetic

Public Record represents both New Zealand and international makers who create work from raw materials and use processes that are specific to their practices

Objectspace

Our preeminent object focused public gallery

Objectspace is a public gallery dedicated to positioning craft, design and architecture within a range of cultural, economic and social frameworks, to provoke new assessments about work and practices.

Kirsten Dryburgh Pottery Studio

The Grey Lynn pottery studio on the corner of Sherwood Ave and Surrey Crescent.

Workshop 6

On Richmond Road, home of Anna Wallis and friends, and a range of classes available.

Edge City

Long time Westmere locals Louise Rive and Chuck Joseph share their ceramics.

Anvil Studios

Makers studio in Pt Chevalier.