Eunice Botes’ work is about integrating her love of form and drawing. She illustrates her work using “clay etchings” and sprigs on the form, creating a world in which small acts of everyday life are revealed in fine detail.

A teacher by trade, her love for ceramics started at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg (USA) where her husband furthered his studies. She completed her B-Tech in Ceramics in 1998 at the Vaal Triangle Technikon, where she received numerous awards. After lecturing for two years at that institution, she moved to Botswana where she pursued a career as an art teacher at the Cambridge Secondary School in Gaborone, Botswana for seven years.

Back in South Africa, she is currently a full-time ceramic artist with her own studio and has started participating in exhibitions. She also completed the “Mentorship Programme” with John Shirley, which helped her in her ongoing maturation as a ceramic artist. In 2011, she received a Highly Commended award at the Ultra-Furn Exhibition at the University of Pretoria. On May 13, 2012, at MuseuMAfricA, she received “The Glazekor Premier Award for Best Work for Use” and in 2014, the Ndebele Premier Award at the Gauteng Regional Exhibition. Her new work explores porcelain and its endless yet daunting possibilities.