Poppies in the Shorten Garden

New Bowls out of the Kiln approved by Martin

These bowls and other pottery will be on display in Madoc at Diane Woodward's painting studio Saturday August 1, 2015. We wll be set up on the lawn across from the skate park in Madoc from 10:00 until 4:00.

Here's the glaze fired pottery from the April 21 workshop at the Belleville Public Library.

These platters were made by rolling together small slivers of dark and light clay sprinkled onto a slab. They were inspired by a paper wasp nest made of bands of dark and light paper. They are avaible at the Quinte Arts Council Gallery.

These two bowls just came out of the kiln. The one on the left will be at the Quinte Arts Council Gallery and the other will be at the Belleville Public Library Gallery for the Arts Council's Expressions show May 7 to 28. They were made by rolling out clay coloured with mason stain into marbled patterned slabs. Each bowl is unique to the random swirl of colours created when the stained clays are rolled together.

These bowls were made for the Gleaner's Food Bank Empty Bowls event on Easter. They are made by stacking light and dark clay together on the potter's wheel or by stacking clay stained different colours and throwing them on the wheel so they swirl together.

Poppy Project Launched at Eastminster United!

Perry with Roli at the Poppy table. Today's launch was a great success. Many people ordered poppies. Orders will be taken until Labour Day.

Bi-Colour Bowls

Using a dark clay and a lighter one, Perry has thrown some bowls for the upcoming Empty Bowls on April 4th at Loyalist College. Here he is trimming the bowls to reveal the variation in colour.

Some of the bowls will also feature different colours of clay.

The Poppy Project Update

Sample colours and the first completed samples!

Beginning the Poppy Process

The London poppies signified so much to the people of Great Britain. A local church would like to commission Perry to make some poppies for them for this Remembrance Day. Here, Perry is in the first stages of putting together the clay bodies.

Circus Mugs with dots and swirls

Visit the QAC gallery to see these in person.