photo courtesy Nancy Barnett
I am a ceramic artist and potter who also spins, weaves and dyes glorious fibres and yarns. My studio is in located in Creston, BC where I live and make art in the middle of a cherry orchard surrounded by mountains. It truly doesn’t get much better than that! My pottery career began by accident while studying painting in the Visual Arts Program at Red Deer College, and weaving? well, I have always had a huge fascination for textiles and yarns. The SAORI method of weaving I use along with the yarns I spin, is free expression at its finest and a calming, creative outlet for a busy mind.
I am alway attracted to whimsical, colourful things full of patterns and textures. I like things that evoke the feeling that there is a story it is trying to tell, whether real or imagined.
The pieces I make are inspired by events or things that I see and hear around me everyday that make me smile and laugh.
Whether it is my ceramic sculptures, functional work or textile wall hangings and yarns, they become captivating delights for the hand and eye.
I am alway attracted to whimsical, colourful things full of patterns and textures. I like things that evoke the feeling that there is a story it is trying to tell, whether real or imagined.
The pieces I make are inspired by events or things that I see and hear around me everyday that make me smile and laugh.
Whether it is my ceramic sculptures, functional work or textile wall hangings and yarns, they become captivating delights for the hand and eye.
