Marinda Rossouw was born in Zimbabwe 1958 and her family emigrated to South Africa in the sixties.  Living in Cape Town, she has been teaching since 1980 and works with six year olds, who "although they surely keep you busy, give you loads of entertainment!"  The interest in pottery came to Marinda gradually. She started off with evening classes, "stopping and starting until the clay bug bit."  Like many beginner potters, her workspace involved shuffling cars around the garage to find a dark spot in the corner. Eventually she sold enough to build her own small studio.  Marinda works in different clay types and mostly does decorative ware. She often leaves parts of her ceramics unglazed as she finds the clay appealing.  Because she pots as a hobby, she does not repeat styles, preferring to move on to new ideas.