Potters Guild of BC Members' Sites

Check out their work and further information on the individual potters.

Graeme Allemeersch Pottery The visual dance of form and decoration with whimsical shapes and flamboyant coloration on majolica pottery.
Suzy Birstein Colourful, whimsical sculptures and pottery.
Burke Mountain Studio Pottery Stoneware, Japanese style pottery.
Chosin Pottery Stoneware, porcelain pottery.
Shannon Butler A celebration of clay, proportion, color, ornament, texture, imagination and function.
John Cloutier Raku and sculpture.
Creek Clayworks Elaine throws and alters her work while Mike is known for the slabware he creates on original forms.
Shelley Combs Making tiles, plates and sculptural pieces using the house and the tree for inspiration.
Maeva Collins Wood fired as well as burnished and pit fired pottery with a depth of color and pattern that begs to be touched.
Nancy Cramer "quintessentially West Coast" clay and kelp creations.
Liz deBeer Thrown functional ware and sculptural clay pieces.
Sandra Dolph Stoneware vases, pottery
Laurie Embree Individual hand thrown" Vessel Sinks" and accessories, large bowls, teapots, and all functional ware.
Heather Farrell Unique, functional high-fired porcelain wares decorated with a horse motif.
Fernando A. Garcia Sculpture, paintings, erotica.
Julia Gillmor Pottery Functional Pottery that's contemporary, functional, simple.
Connie Glover Garden installations, benches, walls.
Alice Hale Raku and functional pottery.
Kim Baxter Hancock Unique functional majolica pieces and body sculptures.
Harriet Hiemstra Earthenware clay, drawing and painting using underglazes with feminine imagery, evocative of the art deco and flapper era.
Ebina Hide Handcrafted, truly one-of-a-kind Japanese Ceramics.
Hilary Huntley Clay wall reliefs, measuring from 2 feet to 6 feet, large vessel forms and sculpture.
Denys James Sculpture, Kiln building
Susan Janzen Individually hand thrown and pit fired works of art.
Katie Janyk Hand-shaped artistic vessels and masks inspired by ancient cultures, fired in raku or sawdust & pit-fired.
Cathi Jefferson Salt fired pottery.
Lynn Johnson Wood fired pottery
Lynda Jones Burnished/Smoke fire pieces as well as incised blackware.
Don Jung Slabbed, sculpted, thrown and reduction fired stoneware and porcelain.
Oliver Kaddatz of Kaddatzarts Unique clay dragon teapots and leaf plates.
Maggi Kneer Thrown, slabbed and slipcast tableware with a Victorian look
Danny Kostyshin Millennium Plate Project
Lilach Lotan Artistic Clay Sculptures
Susan Lepoidevin Smoke fired sculptural work.
Lilach Lotan Uniquely-designed wheel-thrown functional Pottery and One-off Ceramic Art.
Susan Marczac Unique pottery where design and aesthetic meets function and humour.
Vincent Massey Slabbed, extruded, thrown and altered stoneware
Holly McKeen Crystalline Glazed Porcelain and Functional Stoneware in unique designs and vivid colors at Greendale Pottery.
Derek Moore Unique, hand thrown, slab built, assembled pottery in the form of teapots, pitchers, vases and decanters.
Gillian McMillan Painterly earthenware
Sheila Morissette Functional and sculptural forms that are inspired by nature.
Kathleen Murphy Functional yet decorative pieces made from stoneware and porcelain clay.
Kathryn O'Regan Electric fired sculptural work.
Patty Osborne Ruminations of working with clay
Maria Palotas Functional and Pueblo inspired pottery
Donna Partridge Hand cafted, contemporary designed functional and artistic pottery
Linda Phillips Hand Thrown, functional & decorative, woodfired, raku and novelty pottery.
Stephen Plant Functional and domestic pottery and dinnerware
Nancy Pridham Handmade, hand painted pottery, and original paintings by BC artists Nancy and David Pridham
Poplar Studio Dinnerware, drums and clay instruments
Borgi Rayen Dinnerware.
Keith & Celia Rice-Jones WildRice Studio Sculptural and domestic ware
Laurie Rolland Sculptural vessels
Jeanne Sarich Handbuilt functional mid-fire stoneware.
Phyllis Schwartz Handbuilt experimental and expressive ceramics in a variety of techniques and forms.
Al Scott Ikebana pieces and Functional as well as sculptural vessels, plates and forms.
Kinichi Shigeno Beautiful, highly decorated ceramic art that extends traditional and explores contemporary limits.
Pia Sillem Wood fired vessels, vases, bottles and urns.
Helen Ormiston Smith Dinnerware and pottery.
YarOn Stern Slip Casting, functional porcelain and stoneware products.
Pamela Stevenson Specializing in making high-temperature porcelain vessels suitable for daily use and ceremonial occasions.
Charleen Stroud Instructor and educator.
Faro Sullivan Functional slipware decorated in bright and playful colours, text and animals with a contemporary twist.
Winnie Tam Beautiful hand-crafted porcelain jewellery for individual collectors across the world.
Brendan Tang Highly decorative Modern Ceramic Sculpture
Deb Taylor Carved stoneware
The Potters Place co-op of Comox Valley potters with the most elegant, strictly pottery store an Vancouver Island (according to Les Crimp!)
Patricia Haley-Tsui fun and functional pottery and sculptures
Nancy Wall Functional as well as sculptural, life-affirming objects that bring delight and become an intimate part of daily rituals.
Judy Weeden Slip-carved vessels, functional & decorative high-fired porcelain in Salt Spring.
Jinny Whitehead Hand formed and wood fired pottery and sculptures.
Jane Wolters West coast influenced stoneware pottery and sculpture.
Zea Wulf Functional stoneware in Burns Lake, B.C.
Dianne Young Electric fired colourful dinnerware.

National and International Guilds, Galleries, Festivals

Arrowsmith Potters Guild: www.arrowsmithpottersguild.bc.ca
Fraser Valley Potters Guild: www.members.shaw.ca/faservalleypotters/index_2.htm
Hamilton and Region Potters Guild: www.hamiltonpotters.ca
Okanagan Potters Association: www.okanaganpotters.ca
Prince George Potters Guild: www.pgpotters.ca
Saskatoon Potters Guild:
www.saskatoonpottersguild.netfirms.com/index.htm
South Vancouver Island Potters Guild:
www.mypottery.com
The Potters Place: www.thepottersplace.ca
Thompson Valley Potters Guild: www3.telus.net/tvpg/index.htm
British Potters:
www.studiopottery.co.uk/index-f.html
Potters of South Wales: www.southwalespotters.org.uk
Interesting links: www.margaretdesign.com
Clay scene on this continent: www.clayzee.com
Interesting images of contemporary art: www.ceramicsculpture.com
Japanese Connection: www.pottery-tech.com

Clay and Glass

Fusion Clay and Glass would like to exchange newsletters with other clay groups.
Visit their site for contact information: www.clayandglass.on.ca/conf.htm
The Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery in Waterloo: www.canadianclayandglass.ca
Check out the Pottery directory: www.PotterySites.biz

Suppliers

Greenbarn Pottery Supply: www.greenbarn.com
The Mad Potter: www.themadpotter.ca

Online Clay mecca: www.digitalfire.com/plainsman
Ceramics Canada, Calgary: www.ceramicscanada.net

Associations

The Crafts Association of BC: www.cabc.net
The Nanaimo Tozan Kiln Site: www.tozan.bc.ca
Th Canadian Crafts Federation: www.canadiancraftsfederation.ca
The Alliance for the arts: www.allianceforarts.com

Canadian Culture: www.culture.ca