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BIOGRAPHY
Born in Toronto, in 1941, I graduated from Ryerson
Polytechnical Institute as a Registered Medical Technologist in 1962, and
followed this with two years study of Biological Science at Boston University.
My first experience with clay was in l972, and in 1977 I registered Spiral
Pottery, a non profit society devoted to encouraging potters by providing
classes, sales, workshops and work space to over 50 potters and two hundred
students, over a period of twelve years. The building which housed Spiral
Pottery was sold in l989, and I presently work out of a studio in the basement
of my home.
TRAINING IN CLAY
 | 1983 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Maine: a three
week residential workshop.
| 1982 Sheridan College Mississauga, 2 week invitational
workshop with Shimoaka.
| 1979 Dundas Valley School of Art, Dundas Ontario. A two
week handbuilding intensive.
| 1976 - 77 summer workshops, studio assistant to Sam
Moligian's travelling salt glaze workshops.
| 1974 - 76 George Brown College, Toronto Ontario 2 year
course. |
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EXHIBITIONS
| 1996 - October - 3 week show at Gardiner Museum of Ceramic
Art, Toronto Ontario.
| 1994 - May - one woman show at the Gardiner Museum of
Ceramic Art, Toronto Ontario.
| 1991 - October - one woman show at the Gardiner Museum of
Ceramic Art, Toronto Ontario.
| 1989 - month of May, featured artist at Fusion's Pottery
Shop, Yorkville Ave., Toronto.
| 1988 - coffee set chosen by Maxwell House for travelling
exhibition.
| 1988 - Carnegie Gallery in Dundas Ontario, month long
joint show .
| 1983 - Crafts '83 Ontario Craft Council's member's show.
Two awards of merit.
| 1983 - Gallery House Sol, Georgetown Ontario. Two person
show with Alan Perkins, enamellist.
| 1977 - L'Atelier de Ceramique Julien, Quebec City, Quebec.
A two person show of salt glazed pottery with Sam Moligian. |
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
I have been teaching adults and children in weekly classes
since 1978 all aspects of making pottery, from plaster casts for slip casting
to advanced throwing. Presently I teach in the "Feats of Clay "
program at the Gardiner Museum, and at the Academy of Artisans in Toronto.
OTHER ART
Course study in various disciplines, including water
colour, painting, collage, print making, weaving, plastics, jewellery, glass
blowing, woodworking, tailoring, writing, and bookbinding.
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
My work involves functional handbuilt porcelain, with
thrown additions for feet and lids. Most of the textures I use come from
fabric and rolling pins, and my techniques come from pastry making, pattern
making and dressmaking.
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