Pottery Marks of Prince Edward Island - Island Stoneware - Cindy & Darryl Lentz

The potters of Island Stoneware, include owners Cindy and Darryl Lentz located in Borden-Carleton PEI. Right Off The Batt Pottery was the original name of the operation when it was located in Kinkora, but with an expansion and relocation to a new facility, a rename took place in 2014 as well.  All work produced is signed with one studio mark. They explain the derivation of their mark on their website,

Our mark is a representation of the Chinese symbol meaning “together” or “shoulder to shoulder”. We’ve combined it with our last name to express how we work together as one. Every piece of our pottery has been created, in some way or another, by both our hands so a small portion of both of us goes into our pots and eventually into your home.

The website of Island Stoneware includes photographs of their work.

Cindy and Darryl Lentz
Island Stoneware Inc

156 Borden Avenue
Borden-Carleton, PEI
C0B 1X0 Canada

Phone: 902.855.2529

Fax: 902.855.2526

Toll Free: 1.888.734.2529

In 2012 a profile was written on Cindy and Darryl with pictures and video of their pottery and studio.

Update:

In 2016 Cindy and Darryl sold Island Stoneware to Chris Palmer a Summerside entrepreneur who operated the manufacturing facility with the help of staff. Chris entered political life and became a cabinet member under the Liberal provincial government of Premier Wade MacLauchlan and he sold the business to a couple that operated the business under the ownership name Perry Niessen Studios Inc. which combining the family surnames of Randy Perry and his spouse, Jamie Niessen. 

The Journal Pioneer indicated in January 2019 that the operation had moved to Summerside. As the change in name and change in ownership since this blog post was initiated has shifted, a new blog post has been created to follow Island Stoneware under the ownership of Perry Niessen Studios Inc.