Maddie Anderson - Maddie Made Pottery & Village Pottery

The work of potter Maddie Anderson is marked under the name Maddie Made Pottery.

Maddie's webpage and Instagram feed as well as Etsy shop are all ways to contact her directly. Her business Facebook page indicates:

Hi there

I don’t think I’ve really introduced myself on here and I wanted you guys to get to know me a bit better!

My name is Maddie Anderson and I’m a ceramic artist from Prince Edward Island. I first touched clay when I was nine years old at Village Pottery (swipe for that throw back). But it wasn’t till about seven years ago that I started taking lessons and thanks to my amazing teacher @peipotterscove I’ve been practicing ever since. 

About a year ago I really decided to give this whole pottery thing a 100%. I got a job as a potter at Village Pottery (yes, the same place I first tried pottery all those years ago) and started attending the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design! And in about a week I’ll be studying ceramics full time for the next two years! 

I’ll be forever grateful that I discovered ceramics. A little piece of me goes into every single piece I make and I hope that shines through.

Thanks to each and every single one of you for following along and supporting me.

 The pottery she produces at Village Pottery in New London, PEI is signed with Village Pottery as well as her initials MA, the year and PEI.

Bodine MacDonald - Keppoch Kraft

I recently came across two pottery tiles that I believe are both the work of Bodine MacDonald. Bodine Keene Forder met her husband Dr. Sandy MacDonald while he was undertaking a surgical residency at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. Operating under the name Keppoch Kraft, Bodine and Sandy were both active within the crafts community in the 1970's when I first met them through the PEI Crafts Council. These pieces show the use of found objects from nature to make impressions in the clay surface. An obituary for Sandy from 2003 tells of their retirement life together.

"Bodine and Sandy enjoyed many happy retirement years in Keppoch, PEI, where they both kept busy with hobbies and volunteer community work. Sandy developed an interest in silversmithing and became a skillful and artistic jeweller. He was pleased to accept a position as Chairman of the Board of the Confederation Centre of the Arts in Charlottetown. After his wife's death in 1986, Sandy moved to Victoria, BC where he continued to enjoy his hobby of silversmithing well past his 90th year." Full obituary.

Unsigned but believed to be the work of  Bodine (Forder) MacDonald of Keppoch Kraft.
Keppoch, Prince Edward Island
1970's - size 3 inch in diameter

Reverse of item above
Unsigned but believed to be the work of  Bodine (Forder) MacDonald of Keppoch Kraft.
Keppoch, Prince Edward Island
1970's - size 3 inch in diameter

Ceramic tile by Bodine (Forder) MacDonald of Keppoch Kraft.
Keppoch, Prince Edward Island
1970's - size 3 inch in diameter

Reverse of above tile by Bodine (Forder) MacDonald of Keppoch Kraft.
Keppoch, Prince Edward Island
1970's - size 3 inch in diameter

Keppoch Kraft - candle holder - marked "Keppoch Kraft SVD" - P.E.I.
Collection of Catherine Hennessey - photo by Ian Scott

Keppoch Kraft - candle holder - marked "Keppoch Kraft SVD - P.E.I."
Collection of Catherine Hennessey - photo by Ian Scott

The Prince Edward Island Pottery, 1880-1898

Three milk jugs by the Prince Edward Island Pottery  (1880-1898)

Items from the original Prince Edward Island Pottery, a company that operated from 1880-1898 remain a collectible form of historic pottery both in PEI and beyond. While there has never been a book published on the topic, solid research has been conducted on the 18 year history of the business and the site of the operation was excavated by Donald Webster of the Royal Ontario Museum in 1970. The operation was located on what is now the Charlottetown Research Station (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada) near the Charlottetown Farmers Market. A line of trees remains at the edge of a field marking what has been long known as Pottery Lane. Webster's article published on the research is now available online. His abstract introduces the topic.

The Prince Edward Island Pottery was established by Oswald Hornsby on the outskirts of Charlottetown in early 1880 and, following its closing in 1898, all structures and buildings were demolished in 1903. During its 18 year operation the pottery produced the greatest range of earthenware forms yet established to any Maritime's pottery, and the only known marked wares. The site of the Prince Edward Island Pottery was excavated by Donald Webster of the Royal Ontario Museum in 1970, in conjunction with historical research and a survey of its surviving products. 

There is also an valuable article on the Prince Edward Island Pottery called Red in the Soil, by Catherine G. Hennessey, which was published in the PEI Centenary Issue of the Canadian Collector magazine in 1973. A book by Hennessey released in 2015 tells the story in concise form. The book was reviewed by The Guardian the year it was published.

Catherine Hennessey holds one of the pieces that first piqued her curiosity in pottery 50 years ago. The Charlottetown historian has just published the Prince Edward island Pottery Company.

©GUARDIAN PHOTO BY SALLY COLE

Pottery mark of the Prince Edward Island Pottery

From collection of Catherine Hennessey

Pottery Lane on Charlottetown Research Station.

Image courtesy of  Aubrey Bell - Gallery18

Image courtesy of  Aubrey Bell - Gallery18

On Sept 16, 2012  Gallery 18 conducted a live auction and listed the following item.

35: “Pei Pottery” Earthenware Cup C1890 (Unsigned)

Sold forC$520

Sep 16, 2012

LOT 0035

Image courtesy of  Aubrey Bell - Gallery18

From the collection of Tom Banks

The Prince Edward Island Museum & Heritage Foundation has an excellent collection of pottery from the The Prince Edward Island Pottery Co. and has compiled an excellent online article on the company.  A large portion of their collection has been donated by Dr. Norman Hubbard which includes 40 items that are all marked as PEI Pottery. The collection is available through the PEI M&HF Flickr site.