Elvis Potina was born in the Eastern Cape in 1977.  In 2002  he started a ceramics course three days a week.  In 2004 he received a scholarship  to Boland College to gain further skills and technique in ceramics as well as entrepreneurship.  Elvis is proud that his ceramic works reflect his Xhosa culture such as the pots often carried on the heads of Xhosa women, and black and white have become his signature colour ways.  In 2006 he was best on show at the National Exhibition of ArtsCape and in 2007 he was involved with the 16 Master Crafters of Old Mutual, as well as being chosen as an icon by the Cape Craft & Design Institute.