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Island Crafts - Pottery & Ceramics
Neptune Pottery by Robby Graham
1119 Kw’as Bay Road, Mansons Landing, BC 250-935-6309
email: ravenrookeryhotmail.com
Durable Highfire Stoneware for the Ultimate in Cookware
Functional ware with an element of Uniqueness!!
The Start: 1950’s
The discovery of clay in a river bed in Port Hardy at the age of eight led, instead of whittling in wood, to carving blocks of clay into hardly discernible objects. Child’s play.
The Resurgence: 1970
In University, a chance visit to the Art Department resulted in adding a new major—Art Education with emphasis in Ceramics (pottery, sculpture, and jewellery making)
The Discoveries: 1972
My wife Karen and I moved to Prince Rupert where I worked in recreation, commercial fishing, then teaching art at a Junior High. That’s where I began experimenting with glazes from various sources of clay—the best being a glaze made from clay left on my boat anchor!
The growth: 1974
Quit a good paying job to move to Cortes, homesteaded, built an oil-fired kiln fuelled by furnace oil burners, and began in earnest to become a production potter along with commercial fishing after a two-year’s teaching at the school.
The Peak: 1984
A move to the Comox Valley with Karen, Todd & Patrick (our sons), got us involved with the Arts Alliance and the early development of the Filberg Festival. A collaborative working relation was struck with First Nations Artist, Billy Helin, for and with whom I produced a variety of Raku forms.
The Return: 2004
We packed up the bricks, yet again, which I had originally salvaged from an old foundry in Vancouver in 1975 and moved back to Cortes, built a house, and finally completed the studio in ‘07 and built my fourth kiln. I am no longer a production potter, but rather a person creating basic, high-fire stoneware for functional and decorative forms for local markets and Tofino Markets, where my older son and his wife live and work.
My Studio is open for drop-in visits and friendly conversations.
1119 Kw’as Bay Road, Mansons Landing, BC 250-935-6309
The Cycle is Complete: Once Child’s Play is now Adult Play!!!
1119 Kw’as Bay Road, Mansons Landing, BC 250-935-6309
email: ravenrookeryhotmail.com
Durable Highfire Stoneware for the Ultimate in Cookware
Functional ware with an element of Uniqueness!!
The Start: 1950’s
The discovery of clay in a river bed in Port Hardy at the age of eight led, instead of whittling in wood, to carving blocks of clay into hardly discernible objects. Child’s play.
The Resurgence: 1970
In University, a chance visit to the Art Department resulted in adding a new major—Art Education with emphasis in Ceramics (pottery, sculpture, and jewellery making)
The Discoveries: 1972
My wife Karen and I moved to Prince Rupert where I worked in recreation, commercial fishing, then teaching art at a Junior High. That’s where I began experimenting with glazes from various sources of clay—the best being a glaze made from clay left on my boat anchor!
The growth: 1974
Quit a good paying job to move to Cortes, homesteaded, built an oil-fired kiln fuelled by furnace oil burners, and began in earnest to become a production potter along with commercial fishing after a two-year’s teaching at the school.
The Peak: 1984
A move to the Comox Valley with Karen, Todd & Patrick (our sons), got us involved with the Arts Alliance and the early development of the Filberg Festival. A collaborative working relation was struck with First Nations Artist, Billy Helin, for and with whom I produced a variety of Raku forms.
The Return: 2004
We packed up the bricks, yet again, which I had originally salvaged from an old foundry in Vancouver in 1975 and moved back to Cortes, built a house, and finally completed the studio in ‘07 and built my fourth kiln. I am no longer a production potter, but rather a person creating basic, high-fire stoneware for functional and decorative forms for local markets and Tofino Markets, where my older son and his wife live and work.
My Studio is open for drop-in visits and friendly conversations.
1119 Kw’as Bay Road, Mansons Landing, BC 250-935-6309
The Cycle is Complete: Once Child’s Play is now Adult Play!!!
Pottery by Robbie Graham available at the Cortes Craft Shop Co-op in Squirrel Cove