A collaboration between two friends, Star Act x Blenk is a collection of ceramics and wood that was showcased at the Blenk Projects workshop warming in June 2025.

Catarina Correia Arnhold is a multidisciplinary ceramic artist whose practice centres on storytelling, intuitive making, and an ongoing dialogue between reality and imagination. Born in Salvador, Brazil and currently based in Lyttelton, she creates hand-built ceramic works that unite sculpture, painting, and drawing—inviting her background in two-dimensional art to meet the tactile and unpredictable nature of clay.

Primarily self-taught in ceramics, her approach is rooted in exploration and process. Beginning with little to no premeditated plan, forms emerge organically through touch, error, and play - where accidents are not only welcomed but integral to her creative language.

This collection of work by Star Act draws from the landscape of Banks Peninsula—its peaks, valleys, and vivid shifts in colour and light. The finished product being hand-built birds, vessels, and painted tiles. Blenk Projects then used off-cuts and reclaimed timber, both native and exotic to create homes for each of Catarina’s pieces.

All remaining works are available for purchase on the Star Act website. www.star-act.com/shop