The Pottery Store in Chemainus is owned and operated by the 6 local professional potters represented in the store. We are proud to offer you an incredible variety of high-quality pottery, from functional stoneware for everyday use to spectacular raku and one-of-a-kind art pieces.

All of the functional pottery is non-toxic stoneware, intended for everyday use in oven, microwave and dishwasher.Chemainus Clayworks is Barb Springer-Sapergia and Ray Sapergia, a husband & wife team who work together in their studio in Sunny Saltair near Chemainus. Along with traditional wheel-thrown functional pottery and raku, Chemainus Clayworks offers a selection of flat pieces for sushi or other serving needs.Harriet Hiemstra and husband John Robertson work together in their studio, Cobble Hill Pottery. They produce an extensive line of functional pottery as well as these 'painterly' pieces and other sculptural works of art. JoVic Pottery represents Josée and Victor Duffhues who work together in their Ladysmith studio. They offer a fine line of functional stoneware and decorative pottery. The vase shown here is an example of Vic's work with 'moch... More information

Biography Sheena enjoys a very successful career in art. This busy artist combines gallery exhibitions, book illustration, and private commissions. She has been an artist in residence in the local school district for the last few years as well as a lecturer on The QE2 cruise ship and other liners for ports all over the world. . In September of 2001, Sheena had a solo exhibition at the Winchester Galleries, Victoria. B. C . She has exhibited at the Harrison Gallery in West Vancouver, Quan- Scheider Gallery, Toronto, The Chateau Whistler, Harbour Gallery,. Washington US , Art Rental , Art Gallery of Greater Victoria and many others. Born in Scotland, she grew up in Vancouver, Canada where she obtained a degree at UBC in Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy. The calling of art was too strong, and at the age of 30, she returned to pursue a career in art.

She has won many awards including the Myfanwy Pavelic Spencer Award. She was elected as a... More information

Margot has been producing enamelled art pieces for over 25 years. Her material of choice is bandsaw-cut sheet steel rather than the more commonly used sheet copper. Margot started out as a fashion illustrator and has continued as an illustrator in the enamelling medium. Her designs are one of a kind, mostly custom orders of birds, wildlife, flowers and exotica, all mounted onto beautiful glass vases and plates: many subjects gleaned from sailing voyages on the world's great oceans. After sailing from Japan, she and her partner have set up workshops in the Cowichan Valley of British Columbia, Canada.

Margot has headed up the Artisans' Cooperative, IMAGINE THAT! in downtown Duncan, BC since 2001. There she shows her work alongside 85 other top artisans from Vancouver Island. Her Studio in North Cowichan is open to interested visitors. Please call ahead.

Margot Page
7113 Osborne Bay Road
DUNCAN, North Cowichan
V9L 5W6
1-250-... More information

DREAM HILL STUDIO ANN ROSEMARY CONWAY, BFA

Soul healing images of women and the earth resonate in all of Ann Rosemary's artwork, slide workshops and moondrum circles. She evokes healing responsibly with honour and respect. In particular she celebrates the sacredness of the feminine in you and mother earth.

TO ORDER Send cheque or money order to Ann Rosemary Conway, 4515 Emily Carr Drive, Victoria, BC V8X 2N5

HINAS BELLY BOWL by Ann-Rosemary Conway, BFA

Halawa Valley lies on Moloka'i, one of the Hawai'ian Islands. This exquisite site is so sacred that the people of Moloka'i do not wish visitors to enter as they have erected many ceremonial platforms there. They also believe that Goddess Hina is the Island. As you can see I do too. Picture

A new Victoria venture in custom art takes flight. In this modern hurry-up world of Polaroid pictures and one-hour labs, it is truly a breath of fresh air to meet an artist like Glenn Earl. Technique and natural talent enable him to capture not just the superficial, two-dimensional perspective of a photograph but also the deeper hues, subtleties and character of his subjects. He has spent 35 years studying, working and teaching the exploration of pastels/suede board as a medium for art. He now lives in Victoria, where with his new venture Pastel Pet Portraits,he specializes in creating full-color 16X20 portraits from your photographs. Those who have already had the opportunity for Mr. Earl to render a pastel portrait of a cherished one, animal or human, appreciate the warmth and attention to detail he delivers to his work. Born in Sussex, England, Glenn moved soon thereafter with his family to Calgary, Alberta. His early studies in the arts were under the tutelage of artist Roger Romanick where he received oil instruction. He continued his education at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, Mount Royal College and the Alb... More information

Donna Webb - Artist Statement

I am a graduate of Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in Vancouver. I use a variety of media - paint, collage, printmaking, and my own handmade paper - in my art practice. The theme apparent in nearly all of my work comes from my close affinity with the natural environment it is the setting and elements of nature that provide the structure and context for my work. This goes beyond the depiction of what I see in the natural world, and instead, reflects my own experiences of it and my remembered thoughts and feeling in relation to these experiences. My travels, dream imagerey, and relationships in my own and other cultures also inform my work. In the past my concern was primarily with representational imagerey but I have moved into abstraction as it seems to reflect more adequately my own deeply personal and emotional responses to my experiences. In this way, my work is evocative rather than descriptive.

Studio visits are welcome by appointment. Tel: 250-592-8797 or email: mikewebb@telus.net Picture

THE ARTIST AS ORGANIC REVOLUTIONARY

by Dwayne Edward Rourke Skywalker Studio Cortes Island BC Canada

I first came to Cortes Island in 1991 as an invited participant in Hollyhock's Millenial conference titled: Bringing Magic To The Mainstream. Deeply moved by both what I experienced at Hollyhock, and by the quality of life I enjoyed here on the island, I imagined someday living on Cortes. Now, more than ten years later, and three years since first declaring my citizenship here, I can think of no place on Earth I would rather be than Cortes Island. And aware as I am, of the grievous atrocities wrought by this island's namesake, it occurs to me that there is nowhere on the planet more suitable than this, for the redemption of what his name has come to represent. Mass murder, torture, violence, rape, exploitation, genocide. These are but a few of the words used to describe the actions of Hernan Cortes and his cohorts as they plundered their way to glory in the first wave of what was to become a storm of vicious European colonial expansion into... More information