POTTERY

Al Price

Al Price is an Ojibway potter, sculptor and carver, working from a community studio at his home in Valleycliffe, Squamish. Al had retired from pottery in the late 1980's, and did not work with clay again until his children expressed an interest in learning the craft. Since then, Al has become increasingly involved in the Arts community in Squamish. In May of 2006, together with Kay Austen, Community Clayworks Studio was established, to provide a location for public pottery practice, lessons and workshops. Clayworks' goal is to support the Squamish pottery community, to establish Squamish Potters Guild, and eventually to develop a fully furnished Community Pottery Facility run by the Guild. Clayworks offers lessons and workshops from beginner to advanced, with studio and glazing facilities, and a range of clay, supplies and tools available for retail.

Email:clayworks<at>shaw.ca
Community Clayworks Studio Website

Kay Austen

My great grandfather, in the mid 1800s, was a potter. It is part of my heritage.

My multifaceted and eclectic body of work includes thrown functional pieces for the kitchen, dining room and garden; hand built or thrown and altered decorative pieces in stoneware and porcelain, raku, and more recently, majolica decorated earthenware. My work over the last 40 years is in treasured, private collections throughout the world

Email: kay@austeneverest.com
Web: www.austeneverest.com/pottery.html
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Liza Bennett

I located to Squamish in 1997 and began taking pottery classes in West Vancouver

Late in 2000 I began a career in Horticulture, my interests lying both in nursery work and landscape design. I currently run my own Hosta and Iris nursery, with 20 varieties of Hosta and 75 varieties of Bearded, Japanese, Louisiana and Siberian Iris. To carry my artistic interest into my work, I create garden designs using both computer and traditional drafting methods.

I have participated in the ‘Wild at Art’ Festival and have had work displayed in local venues, including the Foyer Gallery. For several years, I sat on the executive of Visuals, Squamish Valley Artist Society, helped to coordinate the annual ‘Art Walk’ as well as participated in the event as an artist.

Email:howesoundhosta<at>hotmail.com

Jennifer Sale

I was first drawn to creating with clay after returning from travels overseas carrying as much pottery as I could back with me. My work is influenced by my childhood in the Caribbean, living on the West Coast & experiencing different cultures especially India.

Primarily self taught I enjoy experimenting & learning as I go which makes the process quite interesting. I work both on the wheel and through hand building which keeps each piece unique. What I love most is not knowing what the final work will be due to both my own hands and the will of the kiln.

I work from studio at home in Garibaldi Highlands.
604-898-9388

Lisa Elbertsen

I moved to British Columbia in 1994 and fell in love with the mountains and the ocean. In 2002 I moved to Squamish and for the first time in my life I felt like I was home to stay. 

I have tried many different mediums of art over the years but nothing really captured me until I tried pottery. In 1999 I took my first course in pottery focusing on hand-building techniques and I fell in love with clay. I dabbled a bit but did not have the adequate environment as an incentive to be creative. I always wanted to try out the pottery wheel but I felt a little intimated because I knew I wanted to do it, but what if I couldn’t do it? Patience was never one of my stronger attributes but the desire and need to create with clay was lurking inside and looking for an avenue of escape. In 2006 I took the plunge and immersed myself in clay. I took some additional courses, I set up my own studio with a wheel, a kiln, an assortment of tools and I make and experiment with my own glazes. 

I am completely addicted to clay. I lay awake at night thinking about different forms, methods, ideas and glazing techniques. I have a constant urge to get out into my studio and immerse myself in a project. I like to push myself and push the clay to its limits to learn what the clay will do. Clay used to control me, now we have an understanding.

I enjoy all forms of pottery from slab-building; coil-building; using extruded shapes; sculpting to throwing on the wheel. I use a multitude of mediums in my work and I am always thinking of the next techniques I want to try. There are just not enough hours in the day. 


Website: www.LisaElbertsen.com
Email: sunny71@telus.net
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