Now Available At The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Shop, August 30th, 2016

Here are pics of work dropped off at The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia shop in downtown Halifax today.  I'm super excited to have some pieces here again!  These are all from previous firings, though the pics were taken this afternoon at Cable Wharf on the waterfront with Amos Pewter in the background.  

Lidded Vessel: crow with nest of three baby crows

Four larger figurines:

Polar bear, snowy owl, bunny

Puffin

 Smaller figurines:

Buffalo

Turtles

Sled dog

Two crows, which made me think of a Local Xpress article about the soon to be opening if it hasn't yet Two Crows Brewing Company pub downtown which looks super cool.  The articles mentions a "One [Crow] For Sorrow" nursery rhyme I had never heard of before!

 

Rooster

Polar bear and brown bear

Two bunnies 

 

Snake

Barn owl and beaver

Bowls!  All of the pieces in this group are white mid fire stoneware, as with all my functional ware, these bowls are foodsafe.  They are also technically dishwasher safe, although handwashing is recommended.

Large crow bowl

Two rabbit bowls

Snowy owl bowl

Suffolk sheep bowl

I'm still working away on a kiln full of new stoneware sculptures and functional/sculptural pieces, including some new designs, coming along as soon as possible!

Now Available at Catfish Moon Folk Art and Craft, July 22, 2016

This past Wednesday I dropped of some work at Catfish Moon in scenic, historic Annapolis Royal and am very excited to now have items available at this venue.  Catfish Moon is a very lovely shop/gallery/studio specializing in folk art while offering a variety of work by a number of artisans.  The owners are a couple who are retired from their successful studio pottery practice of the same name, although Angela continues to create beautiful felted landscapes which are available for sale.  

The gallery is open May - October, every day from 10am - 5pm, at 170 Saint George Street.  It is located downtown, close to the historic Farmers and Traders market; a fabulous huge outdoor market which runs on  Saturdays from 8am - 1pm, late May - early October, with a smaller version on Wednesdays in July and August from 10am - 2pm.

I brought in a selection of pieces from the most recent firing.  First, the farm animals:

Farm animal group shop; most were similar in size except for one larger sheep

Pig and horse

Two chickens and a mouse

Goat and cow

 

Side view of that larger sheep

Next, a four new wildlife pieces.  Annapolis Royal is less than an hour from the main, inland part of  Kejimkujik National Park, which is home to all sorts of animals endemic to Canada. 

group shot: crow, moose, robin, beaver

beaver and moose

robin and crow

 Also from the most recent firing, three fish:

fish group shot

large blue fish side view

two small fish

As well, the shop also now has these pieces from previous firings:

Three fox figurines

A beaver bowl, beaver sculpture, black bear and beaver figurines

interior of above beaver bowl.  note all of my functional ware is food safe, dishwasher safe cone 6 stoneware, however handwashing is recommended

front of beaver bowl

horse sculpture

spotted horse sculpture

ox figurine

wolf bowl, seen with the sheep sculpture

Now Available at The Dart Gallery, November 5th 2015

Here are pics of some new work I dropped off at The Dart Gallery in Dartmouth, this past Tuesday November 3rd.  

The gallery just won Gold for its second year in a row, in The Coast's Best of Halifax awards.  Congratulations Jane!

Here are the new pieces from this most recent firing, starting with four bowls.  Everything in this post is cone 6 stoneware:

Skunk bowl! side view

Skunk bowl, top view

Rabbit bowl, side view

Rabbit bowl, top view.  In this firing I've started playing with using layered studio glaze effects on functional pieces and figurines. 

Second rabbit bowl, front view

Second Rabbit bowl, side view

Fox bowl

And some new figurines:

A "skulk" of foxes!

Duck

Elephant

Frog

Horse - again, as with the black rabbit bowl, there is a layered glaze effect

Skunk

Cow

Wolf

Pileated Woodpecker

Barn Owl

Suffolk Sheep

Puffin

The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Shop is shut temporarily as they're relocating across the hall to make room for the Pavia Gallery - Espresso Bar & Cafe to open a tasty cafe!  The following are a few pieces from previous firings that were at the shop, and are now at Dart:

Fox Mug

Rabbit Bowl

Suffolk Sheep Bowl

Rabbit figurine

Bunny figurine

Buffalo

Two more standing fox figurines  - these are a little larger

Crow Cup

As of Tuesday The Dart Gallery is also now selling copies of my self-published rhyming storybook:  "What If Michelangelo Was A Telemarketer", $10 each.

I also dropped off a bunch of ornaments, but out of respect and gratitude for all veterans I'll post those pics later.  The Dart Gallery honours Remembrance Day and doesn't start getting geared up for the holidays until later in the month.