Artists

Michelle Bishop,
Ottawa, Ontario

I have chosen the form of a textured vessel to create a hidden space reachable through a small passageway which invites the viewer on a journey to the unknown.

Diane Black,
Kingston, Ontario

Diane's work in clay is her way of drawing on life experience to tell stories about the little ups and downs of life. These figurative, narrative sculptures are infused with humour and often a healthy dose of
irony.

Leta and Don Cormier,
North Gower, Ontario.

We endeavor to make pottery vessels that embody a natural quality of beauty & life that people can use and enjoy in their everyday lives.

Anne Creskey,
Chelsea, Quebec.

Lisa Creskey,
Chelsea, Quebec.

The earthenware bodies that I build become homes for my paintings. The clay becomes a world of both intimacy and expanse for my paintings to inhabit, to tell their stories and explore.

Dan Hill,
Wilno, Ontario

Potter Dan Hill uses the movement of Flame and Soda vapour, much like a painter uses paint and brush, to create his beautiful functional and one of a kind Soda Glazed pottery.

John Ikeda,
St. Bernadin,Ontario.

The process of addition and removal of subtle and complex layers of color is a technique I use to achieve an imagery of figure on ground; a conceptually similar technique within landscape painting. The essential difference is my aesthetic preference for abstraction.

Kinya Ishikawa,
Val David, Quebec

"I wish that one day, my pieces can be found in an antique shop or at the flea market and not in a museum. This way, I know that my pottery will be used as simple objects bringing to its user the pleasure of daily use."

Enid Legros-Wise,
Gaspe, Quebec

Christina MacEwen,
Ottawa, Ontario.

Maureen Marcotte,
Wakefield, Quebec.

Maureen's work has become well known for its intensely decorated surfaces using a rich palette of glaze colours and textures. Each piece is thrown individually on a potter's wheel and then decorated by hand. Maureen uses wax resist and underglaze colours to create intricate and complex patterns.

Paula Murray,
Meech Lake, Quebec.

My approach is symbolic of the forces at play on ones physical being. Work was selected for both the 5th World Ceramic and the Cheongju Craft Biennales in Korea (2009)

Cynthia O’Brien,
Ottawa, Ontario.

My work is based on relationships, a reflection of humanity through nature.
The abstracted natural forms suggest sexuality, fear, birth and death.
I wish to entice the viewer through curiosity and discomfort.

Suzie Osler,
Perth, Ontario.

'ceramics for the spirited'

My work is inspired by the abundance and fecundity of the natural world. An avid gardener, I am constantly drawn to, and amazed by, the astounding details of the plant, insect, and animal world, the cycles of creation, growth, decay and renewal, and above all, the vitality and persistence of life's 'spirit'. Similarly, my work aims to delight - through colour, detail, complexity, and reference.

Saskia Praamsma
Clayton, Ontario.

In my work I am influenced by other cultures. At this time I am especially inspired by architecture from the Far East to Middle and South America and Lanark county where I live.
The end-products are textured handbuilt vessels.

Bill Reddick's work is concerned primarily with expressing beauty. His contemporary designs in porcelain reflect both Chinese ceramic traditions and Bill's roots as a functional potter

Rita Redner,
Perth, Ontario.

Form, colour and texture are the defining features of Rita's work. Most of her pottery is thrown on the wheel. After throwing, a piece is often altered and sometimes re-assembled; these pieces are often oval. Rita's salt-fired pottery is created with both stoneware and porcelain clays, and is meant for everyday use

Richard Skrobecki,
Almonte, Ontario.

I focus on red earthenware pottery using traditional slipware techniques. Colour, drawing and patterned surface decoration boldly accentuate thrown & altered serving ware and vases forms.

Tim Storey,
Cormac, Ontario.

Tim Storey's work ranges from the historical to the hysterical. Birds, fish, mammals and
reptiles are pressganged into teapot service along side spaceships, flying saucers, trees
and steamships.

Chandler Swain,
Blakeney, Ontario.

The main focus of my work is using clay to make figures. The big challenge is to work as a sculptor rather than a potter, this requires different skills and emphasis.

Raymond Warren,
Maniwaki, Quebec.

Sheila Williams
Ottawa, Ontario

Teresa Wingar,
Kinburn. Ontario

Influenced by 18th century English Slipware, I embrace the possibilities of modern materials & colourants. Using the age-old technique of clay slip trailing adapted to stoneware clay, I create functional pottery, which is highly decorative & a pleasure to use or display.