Hi, I'm Nic.

In 2024, after stepping away from full-time work for health reasons, my mum signed us both up for a pottery workshop, mostly just to get us out of the house. I fell in love with clay that day, and that night, I booked six more lessons. The rest, as they say, is history.

There's something unpredictable about clay that intrigues me, the shaping, the glazing, the slow unfolding of a piece from something formless into something whole. No two ever come out quite the same.

A year later, I tried my hand at face painting at a local community event. Watching a child catch their reflection as a butterfly or a tiger, that spark of delight, hooked me instantly.

Why Nic's Knacks?

Whether I'm painting a face or shaping clay, it's the same energy running through both: the wish to make something a little bit magical, by hand.