Nicole Balderson trained at NSCAD University in Halifax, NS. Her ceramic work has included pottery jewellery. This image of her wholesale line of pendants was posted by a NB retailer in 2011. Based in Charlottetown, Nicole also has an ongoing career in management of the successful family business Owls Hollow.
David Morrow has deep roots on Prince Edward Island, and is currently retired and living on PEI. His career as both a naturalist and as a potter was primarily in Newfoundland. He trained as a potter in Corner Brook, Newfoundland with Margo Meyer in the ceramics program in the Corner Book Vocational School and operated his own pottery studio in Dunville, Newfoundland in the 1980s. He eventually trained at Holland College in Charlottetown, PEI becoming a naturalist working at Gros Morne National Park in Newfoundland. His work was primarily wheel thrown. This handbuild-coil construction vase was discovered on PEI. It is signed D M and was marked with his full name on masking tape by the prior owner.
Barb MacLeod, is a potter and artist, residing in Charlottetown, PEI. She is a juried member of the PEI Crafts Council and sells her work in the PEI Crafts Council Retail Craft Gallery located at 98 Water St. Charlottetown. Here potter's mark is BLeod PEI.
Facebook profile and her Instagram feed are ways to contact her.
As Village Pottery in New London, PEI has operated since 1973 there have been a number of potters who have worked there. A variety of those potter's signatures have been documented in this blog including:
In the summer of 2025, Suzanne Scott, who is the current owner and daughter of Daphne Large and Ian Scott decided to move to a "smooth bottom" approach as carved signatures can produce a rough surface in some cases. To achieve this she has shifted the production work to a stamped potter's mark using an oxide stamping pad and a rubber stamp which provides a permanent mark once it is fired in the kiln.
It includes the words Village Pottery and Prince Edward Island.
Eulalia Connolly (1913-1998), was an active pottery student and potter during the 1970s to 1990s in Charlottetown. She studied under both Barry Jeeves and Ron Arvidson at Holland College School of Visual Arts. Eulalia Catherine McNally was born in Donagh, PEI and married Stephen P. Connolly (1906-1991), and lived in Charlottetown. Her potter's mark included a stylized lowercase E along with the year and PEI.
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| Eulalia Connolly potter's mark 1978 |
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| Eulalia Connolly potter's mark 1984 |
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| Eulalia Connolly pottery broach - 1978 |
Alex Bevan-Baker Pottery is located in Bonshaw, PEI. Alex is an active potter and instructor with the Alley Street Clay Club in Charlottetown.
His Facebook page is Alex Bevan-Baker Pottery
Instagram - alex_bevanbaker
The website for Jamilynn Wilson captures her approach as a small batch potter living on PEI. It indicated that she is,
"a self-taught ceramic artist from Summerside, PE, uses local wild clay to connect with her grandparents' roots and reflect on life in Western PE.
Combing her love for Japanese ceramics, traditional and ancient techniques to design and produce useful domestic objects. Mostly thrown, these contemporary ceramics are intended for everyday use and are entirely handmade. In the name of responsible manufacturing, Jamilynn highlights the possibilities of local clays extracted from the nearby beaches.
“Researching, digging, testing, and working with wild clay helps me connect to a place, I dig small quantities of each material, process clays by hand, and use them pure when possible.
I aim at abstracting as little as possible from the original earth, maintaining what could seem an imperfection, be it soluble salts surfacing during the firing, organic and mineral impurities, or non-homogeneous texture, to respect what the material really is. I want to embrace the marks of a maker and the stories behind them.
My glazing approach is in a constant state of progression as a I learn about my local materials and how to process them. “ - Jamilynn Wilson
Currently Jamilynn is working towards a tableware line featuring the Island clay. Along with working on limited edition collections & collaborating with fellow artisans to make one of a kind pieces. Jamilynn is also striving towards brining a wood fired kiln to the Island, and will be releasing workshops very soon to help support that venture."
In 2023 she wrote about her potter's mark.
"I’ve always known from the very beginning that, my makers mark would be really simple but full of meaning.
Before I made any new work in 2023, I started with my stamp. It’s the same simple j, but slightly altered and much smaller than before. Ironically I designed it before taking notice that it has similar characteristics from my tattoo.
The anchor on my thumb was imprinted from a first young love over a decade ago. And has now become a symbol for the role I take part in when it comes to my family, and marks my life living and working by the sea."
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| Jamilynn Wilson Ceramics -- Instagram 2023 |
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| Potter's Mark -- Jamilynn Wilson Ceramics -- Instagram 2023 |
Her Instagram account shows "the processes involved in the craft and the ideas and discoveries she encounters along the way."
You can contact her directly via her contact page.
Nicole Balderson trained at NSCAD University in Halifax, NS. Her ceramic work has included pottery jewellery. This image of her wholesale l...
