Sonja Guenther is a potter/ceramic artist based in Co Kilkenny.
Born in Germany, she moved to Ireland in 1995. After studying at Crawford School of Art and Design, Cork she went on to win Student of the Year award with The Crafts Council of Ireland. Sonja also attended the DCCI pottery skills training course in Thomastown.
Sonja has been working in Ceramics for over 20 years, teaching and creating beautiful objects. She gave up teaching and went full time into making. Alongside a small range of thrown vessels, her work mainly focuses on ceramic houses, exploring mood and character of the architectural environment that surrounds us.
More recently, Sonja has produced a series of hand thrown sculptural vessels unique to Mill Cove Gallery.