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| Loft Studio - Chris Robinson - Facebook 2017 |
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| Loft Studio - Chris Robinson - Facebook 2018 |
"Robert McMillan Pottery represents the accumulation of over 40 years of pottery making experience and craftsmanship by the artist with timeless and enduring patterns.I use only a high grade commercial stoneware and porcelain clay body that is mid fired to 2200 degrees f.All of my designs are artistically created from glaze formulas that are 100% lead free as well as being 100% food safe & microwave safe and oven proof and dishwasher friendly.Sandy Dunes colours are representative of current colour trends that are being used in the ceramics, clothing, paint and decorating industries in North America.My palette includes among other things, Cayenne Red, Dazzling Blue, Hemlock Green, Freesia Yellow, Celosia Orange and Comfrey Green.I also incorporate a Cobalt Blue that is rich and deep in tone that has been a staple of pottery makers for centuries around the globe.The use of a local clay body adds an element of natural colouring and keepsake.I dig the clay locally from a secured source and clean it, slake it, screen and add stabilizers to adapt it to the main clay body.I am ever cognizant of form and function in my own work as “Made by hand for your hand” is an important aspect in all my pieces.Many of my current works reflects the beauty of my area that so dominates the Canadian Atlantic scenery.Robert McMillan"
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| Potters mark in 2018 for Robert McMillan is "McMillan" |
Annette Galloway operated a pottery studio on Edinburgh Drive in Charlottetown, PEI in the 1970's and 1980's, known as The Anne Pottery, a play on her own name as well as the Island's best known red-head the fictional character Anne Shirley of Green Gables fame.
Her signature was, The "Anne" Pottery - Ch'town - PEI
Mourning the loss of Maxine Elliot. Born in Vancouver, she made her way to P.E.I in the 1970’s when she began her career as a painter and potter. Maxine will always be remembered for her outspoken, honest approach to life and art. She was an inspiration to many. Maxine died at Victoria hospital on June 28th. She leaves behind her three children, four grandchildren, ex husband and many who will miss her dearly.
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| Maxine Elliot - photo published in The Guardian July 16, 2019 |
The ceramic creations of Ida MacKay of Mount Stewart, PEI remains some of the most distinctive pottery produced during the 1970's and 1980's on the Island due to her use of an unglazed but highly textured surface. Using various processes she produced work with a natural organic feel.
She studied under both Barry Jeeves and Ron Arvidson at Holland College School of Visual Arts in Charlottetown and participated in workshops with visiting artist, including Les Manning whose stretched-slab techniques were influential on her. Her interest in art and pottery is captured in the landmark book by Gail Crawford, Studio Ceramics in Canada 1920–2005.
Throughout my pursuit of word and image, I met and became friends with some remarkable people. One was Ida MacKay of Mount Stewart, Prince Edward Island, who came to Toronto in the 1930s to pursue psychiatric nursing and, at night, to study pottery-making at Central Technical School. One of her pieces appears in Chapter 1. When war broke out, she enlisted, and, as Lieutenant MacKay, she survived several adventures, including abandoning her torpedoed ship near Gibraltar while en route to Italy to care for Canadian troops. In 1970, when she finished her peacetime career in public health, she returned to clay. No longer interested in wheel work, she enrolled in a workshop in Charlottetown that focused on the stretched-slab technique, conducted by Alberta College of Art instructor . . .Ida used her initials in a vertical format I M M as her potter's mark along with the province "PEI" indicated.
Harry and Dodi Morris lived in various locations on the Island and the St. Clair name came from their sojourn in the historic home - St. Clair House - located in the middle of what is now a suburban area in the Brighton neighbourhood of Charlottetown. As the oldest house in the area, it had extensive grounds extending through a full block, and had several additions to the original structure over the years with multiple staircases giving it the feel of a country inn.
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| Tree form sculptural piece by St Clair House Pottery |
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| St. Clair House pottery mark - also individual item number as well as what appears to be a PEI Crafts Council sticker number similar to ones used in the Island Craft Shop which had been operated by the PEI Crafts Council during the 1970's, 1980's and 1990's. |
Potter, Barry Jeeves along with his wife Joan, an accomplished weaver, arrived on PEI from Banff, Alberta in the early 1970's, so that Barry could accept employment with what was then called the Handcraft Training Centre and eventually became Holland College School of Visual Arts.
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From the collection of Tom Banks
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| From the collection of Tom Banks |
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| From the collection of Tom Banks |
Kathy Ethridge join Village Pottery around 2004 and is a multi-talented craftsperson who besides being a potter, is also an accomplished spinner, weaver, and woodworker.
Little Orchard Studios, opened in South Melville, PEI in the late 1970's with the work of a husband and wife team - potter, Ron Arvidson and Anne, a jeweler, established their business on their home property, where they had already established a young orchard.
Ron trained at the University of Saskatchewan, in Regina which had emerged as a major centre for the ceramic arts, and upon graduation advanced his studio pottery techniques within the Norman-Crimmins partnership studio in Keswick-Ridge NB, now known as Crimmins Studio.
Hired by Holland College School of Visual Arts in Charlottetown in the mid 1970's he influenced a generation of potters through his involvement as pottery instructor. The school closed in the 1990's but Ron continues to teach evening courses through a local pottery co-op, and is an active PEI naturalist.
An article on Ron's background as a potter and artist is contained within the Provincial Art Bank website.
His work is signed "Arvidson PEI."Ronald Arvidson of South Melville, Prince Edward Island received a Teaching certificate and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Regina. He has received also the Andromeda Scholarship from the Banff School of Fine Art and has attended numerous workshops in art, pottery, graphic design and computer.
Arvidson has taught pottery, painting and drawing for more than 25 years, and has exhibited in group and solo exhibitions across Canada.
He has works in numerous public and private collections including the Confederation Centre Gallery, Charlottetown PEI and a Sundial installed on the clock tower of Charlottetown City Hall.
Artist Statement: My development in clay has been through training, production, teaching and creating one-of -a-kind work of both a functional and sculptural nature. I endeavor to keep moving forward and have my work grow whether it be through repetition or one-off work.
Malcolm Stanley apprenticed in the early 1970's in the Norman-Crimmins partnership studio in Keswick-Ridge NB. The studio relocated and is now known as Crimmins Studio, with the current involvement of a second generation member of the Crimmins family.
Much like his mentor, Malcolm would find that his son Michael Stanley would also embrace pottery as his chosen art form. Moving to PEI in the early 1970's Malcolm and Christine (a weaver) began selling their work through a variety of studios they operated in northern Queens Co.
They were partners in the 1980's in a business, and continued to sell their items through a shop located appropriately enough in - Stanley Bridge.
Eventually establishing their own shop and studio, Stanley Studios, in a wooded area of the Dixon Rd. - Breadalbane, next to their home. They have been joined in the business by their son Michael, an accomplished Island potter.
Malcolm's early work used "Stanley - PEI" as well as the year, as his potter's mark.
Stoneware Pottery was established by Sandi Mahon in Milton, PEI in 1973 following graduation from Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, in Halifax.
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| Signatures of both Sandi Mahon and Katherine Dagg as well as the studio stamp of Stoneware Pottery |
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| From collection of Doug Anderson - photo credit Doug Anderson |
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| From collection of Doug Anderson - photo credit Doug Anderson |
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| From collection of Doug Anderson - photo credit Doug Anderson |
Nicole Balderson trained at NSCAD University in Halifax, NS. Her ceramic work has included pottery jewellery. This image of her wholesale l...
