By Kaz Thorpe, Arts Reporter
Raye Batham is well known within the arts and wider community as an exceptional potter. Her works grace private collections within Queensland and overseas. Raye has recently been invited to sell her ceramics at the new Art @ The Precinct, 145 Victoria St.
Raye’s interest in pottery was aroused through her granddaughter’s encounters with clay eighteen years ago. She was amazed that through playing with clay, the children became relaxed, carefree, yet focussed.
It was an opportune time to find her soul in the art of ceramics as up until then all her time had been dedicated and absorbed by family commitments. In ceramics, she found something for herself, an art form in which she could be 100
