Susan Paczek's Studio

Friday, December 12, 2014

Now Available at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Gallery Shop

Yesterday I visited Halifax and took some new stock to the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Gallery Shop including more copies of What If Michelangelo Was A Telemarketer?, more ceramic ornaments, some pieces from my recent firings, and a couple of flying crows.

Now that I'm making stuff again I'm excited to start regularly bringing work there. Where the shop gets visited by quite a few tourists I thought it'd be fun to call the Canadian wildlife figurines "Canadian Souvenir Animals" though I'm still figuring out how best to label them.

Everyone loves a sale! So it is worth noting that the shop is offering tax-free shopping on the Thursdays before Christmas, so December 18th, with an extra 10% off for gallery members! And on Friday, December 19th, as part of their "12 days of shopping" promotion all holiday ornaments will be 25% off.

Crow cup, stoneware (food safe, dishwasher safe) $65

Crow bowl, stoneware (food safe, dishwasher safe) $75

Crow bowl, stoneware (food safe, dishwasher safe) $95

Canadian Souvenir Animals! $25 each

Pheasant and Squirrel, stoneware

Beavers, stoneware

Black Bear, earthenware

Buffalo, stoneware

Nova Scotian Duck Tolling Retriever, stoneware

Brown Rabbit, stoneware

Fox, stoneware

Mallard and Piping Plover, earthenware

Moose, earthenware

Atlantic Puffins, the two largest are available at the gallery shop, earthenware

Snowy Owl, earthenware

More "Lunenburg County Christmas Ornament Factory" Ornaments, these ones are available among others, $19.95 each; 25% off on Friday December 19th!

Ermine

Flying Crows:

Flying Crow, stoneware, $55

Flying Crow, stoneware, $95

Thursday, December 11, 2014

This Week's Favourite Things! December 1st - December 7th, 2014

1. All the wonderful craft markets that were at Annapolis Royal last Saturday: here's a pic. There was so much great stuff to see! And I picked up a few lovely ornaments. There was the weekly farmer's market, plus 3 other (big!) craft markets. Definitely worth the trip from out our way and in my opinion, worth a trip up from Halifax if you like craft markets. Here's a map listing off what was happening:

2. The stained glass artwork of Jay Leblanc. Jay was a presenter at the Farmer's and Traders market in Annapolis Royal on Saturday, it was so lovely to see her and her work. I especially love her figurative pieces which have such great gestures and energy.

3. The ceramic art work of Brad Keeler, and this biographical blog about him by his granddaughter. Here's a blog post by his granddaughter explaining more about the site she built for him.

4. Speaking of using the internet to document our stories, here is the link to The Lake Trails Living History Project. Excellent concept, full of stories from Vancouver Island. The project executed by one of the leaders of a fantastic community band I played saxophone with in Vancouver.

5. This video by Awolnation, It's Not Your Fault. I think it's so sweet and I love how it ends with everyone dancing together:

6. The movie Gandhi which I finally watched all the way through, currently on Netflix, awesome evidence that one person, acting peacefully, really can make a difference.

Sunday, December 7, 2014

New Stoneware Pieces (December 5th, 2014)

Photos of stoneware pieces from a firing done this past week. The cups and bowls are all foodsafe and dishwasher safe, though I'd recommend handwashing carefully to avoid damage from dishes hitting eachother and sticking-out-bits chipping