Brenda Holzke | Brenda Holzke Art | Episode 41

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Brenda Holzke

Brenda Holzke Horn StoolBrenda Holzke have had a lifelong passion for anything artistic and creative. In 1985 Brenda graduated from The Art Center College of Design with a BFA. She went on to work in advertising as an art director for the following 6 years. Frustrated with the corporate structure, Breanda left advertising to create functional ceramic wares. Along with her husband they owned and operated a ceramic factory in Brenda Holzke Fir BallsCalifornia employing 21 artisans to hand paint and sculpt her designs. Brenda is now a licensed designer for major corporate stores across the country. In 2008 Brendaactively began creating fine art, one of a kind works, in both clay and mixed media wall art.
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Judi Tavill | JT Ceramics | Episode 39

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Judi Tavill

Judi Tavill VesselsAfter spending several years as a fashion and print designer, Judi Tavill found clay about 12 years ago. Judi works intuitively, investigating and exploring while working on a form. Initially creating unique functional pieces, Judi has veered off toward sculpture and is currently integrating melted glass into much of the work.Continue reading→

Kathy Catlin | Kings Creek Pottery | Episode 38

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Kathy Catlin

Kathy Catlin Butter DishKathy Catlin calls herself a Part Time Potter With A Full Time Passion! Located in rural upstate New York, you can find Kathy in her barn studio most weekend and vacations from her full time job as a High School Social Worker. Kathy creates functional stoneware pottery made on the wheel, which she claims is the key to her sanity!Continue reading→

Gillian McMillan | Gillian McMillan Pottery | Episode 37

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Gillian Mcmillan

Gillian McMillan TankardsGillian McMillan grew up in rural England, attended teacher training college in London, taught there for some years and then emigrated to Canada. After a year’s teaching in Montreal she headed west, to Vancouver. She Gillian McMillan Roostermarried Alan, an archeologist, they bought the 1914 house where they still live in Port Moody and had two sons. Meanwhile Gillian was taking pottery classes, teaching pottery and selling her work at craft fairs. At age 48, she was accepted at Emily Carr College of Art & Design and earned her BFA in Ceramics. Now, twenty years after graduating she has become known for the colourful jugbirds she sells at galleries on Granville Island and at Vancouver Airport.Continue reading→

Louise Gelderblom | Art Worker | Episode 36

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Louise Gelderblom

Louise Gelderblom Floral PotLouise Gelderblom is a self taught ceramicist with a background in design and photography. Louise lives in Cape Town, South Africa and has a teaching and production studio where she makes large hand built sculptural vessels. Louise is very much part of the low tech designer/maker tradition that makes work from her part of the world so distinctive.Continue reading→

Ann Van Hoey | Ann Van Hoey Ceramics | Episode 34

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Ann Van Hoey

Ann Van Hoey 1Ann Van Hoey was born in 1956 in Belgium, where she lives and works. Many times awarded in international competitions, her work is exhibited in major galleries and her pieces are in the collections of international museums. Her works, of great simplicity and elegance, are extremely impressive in their perfection, their fragility and their featherweight appearance.Continue reading→

Joe Ottaway | Oxide Clay Art | Episode 33

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Joe Ottaway

Joe Ottaway Tall VaseJoe Ottaway has been a full time Ceramics Teacher in Tertiary Education in Australia and a practising potter for over 30 years. During this time he has shown in numerous exhibitions and his ceramics work is represented in private and public collections in Australia. Last year he set up a private Pottery School in Brisbane called Oxide Clay Art.Continue reading→

Susan Simonini | Susan Simonini Ceramics | Episode 32

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Susan Simonini

Susan Simonini is an Australian artist currently working in the medium of clay. Susan has a background in painting and printmaking, with a degree in Fine Art. She uses varied techniques to create a range of both functional and decorative ceramics. When not in her studio you can find Susan down the beach riding her skateboard!Continue reading→