Gordon’s work shows a long developing exploration of form texture and colour. He mixes together natural minerals and chemical elements and thru the art of complex firings, where subtle nuances in the character of the flame can make a dramatic difference, he brings these glazes to life.
Organic Iridesence
Here is an expression of balance, not just physical, but the balance between control and spontaneity, traditional and contemporary, technique and creative thought.
Meira Mathison has maintained a studio, Dancerwood Pottery in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada for over 35 years. For the past 30 years she has conducted workshops throughout British Columbia, Alberta, Canada, U.S.A., England and Mexico.
Nestled teapot
Meira exhibits her unique high-fire altered porcelain though art shows, Dancerwood Pottery, and galleries throughout Canada and the United States. Her work has been featured in many magazines and publications including:
“The T-Pot Book”, A & C Black – Steve Woodhead, England
“The Spirit of Ceramic Design” – Robert Pipenburg
Woodfire Cruet Set
Meira was the Executive Director for the Metchosin Int’l School of the Arts for over 22 years, recently stepping down to spend more time in her studio. She still coordinates the ceramic program for the school.
My pots reflect my life – ever changing, nothing is static. A life full of colour, fun and family. I grew up surrounded by flowers, animals and ocean.
My thrown altered forms, thick slips, layered glazes and inlaid imprints create movement that dance throughout my pots and reflect my environment
Sandra has known since she was 17 that she wanted to spend her life working in clay. To that end, she obtained a BS in Art Education from New York State University College, and when she graduated she taught ceramics at the Adirondack Center for the Arts. As well, she owned and operated a pottery gallery in upstate New York where she sold her first ceramic wares.
Sandra Dolph’s gallery
After immigrating to Canada in 1974 and “living the dream” of building a back-to-the-land homestead in the Rockies near Jasper, Sandra taught and ran a clay studio specializing in salt/woodfired pottery.
In 1989, she relocated to Galiano Island, British Columbia, where she has spent the last two decades making a home for her small family and establishing her studio and gallery set within beautiful red cedars. She has also hosted and presented numerous workshops which have focused on various pottery techniques such as throwing, handbuilding, raku firing, and most recently, ceramic wall landscape/seascape reliefs.
Panel Box
Currently, an important aspect of her work in the ceramics field has to with apprentices: Each summer she hosts a new student, to whom she can pass on her knowledge of clay, business, and gardening.
Standing Stone, 24″ Tall
Sandra’s visits to Japan began in 1998, where she studies, makes pots and meditates in a Zen Buddhist temple. Her ongoing studies with her teacher, Shodo Harada Roshi, is an extremely important part of her life, offering her the foundation for all her artistic undertakings.
Lichen glaze teapot
Fired Up, 2014
Fired Up, 2014
Seascape
Cedar Grove Pottery
Sandra’s work is presented in various galleries throughout Northwestern Canada, the US and Japan.
As well, each summer on the August long weekend, she hosts a major show at her own Cedar Grove Gallery during Galiano’s Annual Art Tour.
Cedar Grove Gallery
9720 Porlier Pass Drive
Galiano Island, BC V0N 1P0
Canada
Tel: + 01 (250) 539-5814
Website: www.sandradolph.com
Email: sandradolph.1@gmail.com
In the process of making his pots, Alan Burgess contemplates the grace of line, the elegance of form and the intrinsic beauty of ancient Greek, Chinese and European ceramics.
Ancient Series 1
Never being comfortable with relying solely on the glaze to enhance the work, he feels compelled to interact with the surface. He applies bold brush decoration, or draws into the surface designs and patterns which speak of ancient mythology and symbolism.
Ancient Series 2
Fired Up 2014
Blue vase salt
Fired Up 2014
Alan Burgess
S-5, C-15A 6621 Walker Road
Fanny Bay, BC V0R 1W0
Email: alburgpotter@yahoo.ca
