I am a ceramic artist living on Gabriola Island, BC where I have maintained a studio pottery for twenty years or so. Presently, I produce a variety of ceramic ware in my studio. I make functional stoneware that is reduction-fired but I also create glazed raku and naked raku vessels and sculptural forms.
A Precarious Moment in Ceramics 2008Saggar-fired stoneware tiles and ink 150x120cm Plan For World Peace 2002Clay and found objects 120cm wide Settlers of Grey Islands 2010Coloured porcelain and inkjet prints Interactive game  Michael Flaherty, b. 1978, St. John’s, Newfoundland. As a graduate of NSCAD University (BFA, 2001) Michael studied salt-glaze stonewareproduction under the tutelage of master potter Jackie Seaton in Ontario before moving on to become Clay Studio Coordinator and Instructor at the Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador. More studies at University of Regina (MFA, 2007) coincided with a residency at at the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts in Montana (2005) and sessional teaching appointments at NSCAD University (2006). In 2007 Michael returned to Newfoundland where he now maintains an active studio Michael currently lives in Corner Brook, Newfoundland, where he is the Sculpture In addition to being an artist, Michael is a compulsive volunteer in artist run |
Dallas Pottery Invitational Refined form. Defined function. Please join us for the Fourth Annual Dallas Pottery Invitational on April 8th-10th, 2011 at the Janette Kennedy Gallery at Southside on Lamar. Come celebrate the functional ceramics of eleven nationally recognized artists. Explore the diversity of contemporary styles crafted using earthenware, stoneware and porcelain clays. Share, learn, and buy from the artists, themselves. This coming year we will host five new artists: Andy Brayman, Autumn Cipala, Kari Radasch, Monica Ripley and Deb Schwartzkopf. Also featured is our current core group of artists: Amy Halko, Daphne Roehr Hatcher, Gary Hatcher, Brenda Lichman, Lisa Orr and Louise Rosenfield.
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The work of this diverse group will provide you with a unique overview of the field of functional ceramists today. Whether you are a novice or seasoned collector, you will appreciate the exceptional opportunity to talk to the artists while viewing their wares. 
Andy Brayman Using hand made pottery every day offers the potential for a moment of reverie, giving you the opportunity to examine an often-overlooked aspect of daily life which can bring special meaning to the ordinary.
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As a kid growing up on an apple orchard in Southwestern Ontario, mom’s homemade play dough was my favorite thing to play with. I loved the stuff. My poor mother sacrificed her dining room table for years so that I had somewhere to create. I was always a pretty creative kid and enjoyed art classes in school.
Until high school, that is. In high school we were given the opportunity to take either art or music. I chose music. Not because I didn’t want to take art, but rather, because I was horrible at drawing and couldn’t paint to save my life. For some reason, I had always just assumed that art class in high school was all about painting and drawing, and so I avoided it like the plague. I suffered all through high school taking music classes and focusing on science, all the while wishing I could take pottery classes. Once graduation rolled around, I was off to university to persue sciences but pottery was always a lingering thought. I didn’t last long in sciences. I was horribly unhappy and knew that something had to change. I made the switch to social sciences for all of one semester but there was still something missing. I decided that if I was going to be
happy, I needed to go to school for something I always wanted to do. Pottery.
Much to the horror of my parents, I dropped out, moved back home and put together a portfolio to apply to art school. Within 6 months I was on my way to Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver where I completed a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts, Visual Arts Degree in 2002.
I have never looked back. I have been a full time potter since 2005 and am currently working in functional porcelain. I have absolutely no regrets about the path I have chosen – though really, it feels more like the path chose me.
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Clayworks Studio-Link and the Edmonton Potters Guild invite you to learn a variety of printing techniques to create new surfaces on your finished work.
Cathy will demonstrate water-based printing techniques, from basic transfers with rubber stamps, and introduce participants to screen printing with slips and underglazes. She will demonstrate printing onto tissue-paper as well as more direct methods of printing onto clay. She will also teach you how to make decals using laser printers and photocopiers. Her range of techniques can be readily used by both beginner and advanced ceramic artists, in any type of kiln.
When: Friday March 25, 6-9 & Saturday March 26, 9-4
Where: 10125-81 Avenue (Studio-link)
Cost: $95
(payment made at either the EPG or at Studio-link by March 11)
Cathy Terepocki graduated from Alberta College of Art and Design in 2004 with a BFA in ceramics. Since then she has been selling and exhibiting her work at galleries and shops across Canada. Her pieces have been featured in major exhibitions such as Canada’s Unity and Diversity Exhibition at the Cheongju International Craft Biennale and at the Vancouver Museum as part of the 2010 Cultural Olympiad.
Contact: Alethea ([email protected]) or Elly (413-0118)
