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After twenty years designing and manufacturing in the garment industry I returned home to concentrate on raising our three children. Still with a passion for working with my hands, and a grounded sense of practicality, clay became an active hobby for me. Over a period of 10 years I took lessons at Cedar Ridge Creative Center, participated in student shows and sales, and spent many summers enrolled in the Haliburton School for the Arts. I became hooked on working with clay. I am an active member of the Toronto Potters Association and a current board member of FUSION: The Ontario Clay and Glass Association. Over the last two years my focus has been to explore as much technique and process as possible. The challenging method of soda firing has captured my attention. The random atmosphere and the dynamic glazes lend themselves to creating wheel thrown, altered and hand built forms that highlight this technique. My personal interest in the outdoors and traveling allows me to draw visual inspiration from both nature and architecture. The added surface textures combined with the fluid and variegated glazes, are much like the snow laden pine trees or the rain pools in a sunken, lichen covered rock. At times, the architectural city like shapes intersect with the soft natural lines just as the urban and rural landscapes collide. Drawing on the world that surrounds me, these porcelain pots and glazes have become my source of creative expression. Education Metchiosin School for the arts- Robin Hopper Glaze Chemistry 2009 Sheridan College- ceramic major - 2007-2009 Haliburton School for the Arts - part time student 2001-2006 Cedar Ridge Creative Arts Center- 1996-2006 Toronto School for Fashion and Design- graduate 1978 University of Western Ontario- B.A. Psychology 1976 Exhibitions Distill Art Gallery- Toronto Juried Show June 2009 The Lennox Toronto Exhibition- April 2009 Gardener Museum Graduate Show- March 2009 Toronto Potters Biennial Juried Show- September 2008 Sheridan College- student show spring 2008 Toronto Potters Annual Show and Sale - 2005-2006 |
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