Exciting news this year! The Ottawa Guild of Potters hosted the Fusion Conference
a 2-day immersion with Joan Bruneau and Sam Chung. Fusion is the Clay and Glass Association of Ontario. The event was held at Carleton
University May 29 to 30th, with a host of pre-conference
workshops led by many local craftspeople.
Check the Fusion
website for more details.
Joan Bruneau
Using the red
earthenware native to Nova Scotia, Joan Bruneau creates wheel thrown
and constructed pottery decorated with slip, underglazes and food safe
glazes. Her pots combine luscious surfaces with distinct shapes
inspired by historical pottery, botanical and architectural shapes, as
well as, a love of forming pliable clay.
Sam Chung
Chung’s interest
is in the challenge of creating pots that reflect our contemporary time
while drawing from the vernacular of pottery shapes that have lasted
for ages. He is inspired by the process of design and merging its
formal considerations with ideas such as ergonomics, ceramic and
architectural history, utility, memory, and context.
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Guild Meeting Program 2010
Meetings are from 7:30 to 9:30 pm at the Nepean Visual Arts Center (NVAC) on Woodroffe Avenue, just South of Hunt Club Road. Library will be open between 6:30 and 7:30 pm.
Executive Meetings are open to the public, and start at 6:00 pm.
Meeting Notes
For the first meeting of the season, Sept.7/2010, Leta Cormier will treat us to a slide show on some key innovations and influences of Chinese traditional pottery
and the impacts these still have on contemporary studio pottery.
