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Harmony Arts Festival this coming weekend – go on, treat your eyes! Instagram: @rusperporcelain

NEW: ‘Arrangements in Black & White’ (…after Whistler, the painter, not the place)

May 27, 2017

  Graphically cool and functional. Prices range from $46 – $80.  

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What’s NEW & Upcoming: ‘Oh Ceramics!’ May 12 – July , 2017 Esplanade Art Gallery, Medicine Hat, Alberta

March 27, 2017

  Section of wall installation: ‘The Tension Between Freedom and Belonging’. Porcelain & graphite for ‘Oh Ceramics!’. This 9 tile piece in the shape of a wreath of butterflies represents my experience of immigration to Canadaprocess March 2017 I immigrated to Canada in 2002 in search of freedom to create my own art; this country…

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’20 Days in Winter’: continues tomorrow with the start of the Vancouver Eastside Culture Crawl Nov 17-20; One of a Kind (Toronto, Enercare Centre, Exhibition Place) Nov 24-Dec 4.

October 29, 2016

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Taking my clay to market! Vancouver: Circlecraft & The Eastside Culture Crawl. Toronto: One of a Kind. The next few weeks will be crazy!

October 16, 2015
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Harmony Arts Festival this coming weekend – go on, treat your eyes! Instagram: @rusperporcelain

July 27, 2015
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  • Harmony Arts Festival, August 2-11 and ‘New Works: Sculpture and Printmaking’, Bowen Island, August 14 – September 16
  • UPCOMING: Harmony Arts Festival. August 3rd – August 12th (both weekends)
  • New Graphic inspired work from the kiln!
  • UPCOMING SHOW: Harmony Arts Festival August 4th – August 7th (first weekend only)

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Subtle hues, subtle grooves. … Sunny days and we Subtle hues, subtle grooves. … Sunny days and weathered decks. … … … … #ceramics #mugs #porcelainmugs #studiooutside #cottagedays #sunnydays #design #ceramicdesign #textureceramics #bowenisland
Straight up & across. … … #handmade #ceramics Straight up & across. … … #handmade #ceramics #slipcast #porcelain #studiolife #studiomaker #maker #vase #mugs #texture #
Nowadays I’ve a better idea of how I function as Nowadays I’ve a better idea of how I function as a maker, designer, potter, ceramicist, artist….human being! whatever it is I am (!) ‘my personality’…and I know I get crotchety when I have not made anything new for a while. The longer this goes on the more low level fed up I get! I can often trace back my moods, my bleak view of the world to the fact I’m not ‘creating’, for me it is my release - a small response to living. … The sketchbook in my head is getting pretty full and I have moments of excitement and urgency occasionally - because I want to make these imaginings and see what they become. In the meantime I’ve sneaked in working on a new mug…shown is the first casts. It’s a humble offering to the universe 🙂…which probably doesn’t care, and hasn’t got a voice… … … … … … … #mug #mugs #slipcasting #studio #studiolife #ceramics #ceramicmaker #ceramicdesign #pottery #mouldmaking #texture
Out in the garden underneath the vast wings of the Out in the garden underneath the vast wings of the Gunnera.
Prepping this morning for my NWCF talk (free!!! Ca Prepping this morning for my NWCF talk (free!!! Can you believe it!!) at The Shadbolt Centre for the Arts this Sunday 2pm in Studio 101. … To register go to www.burnaby.ca/webreg Enter barcode 662675 … … See you there! Russ
Skinny. … … … … … … … #ceramics #cer Skinny. … … … … … … … #ceramics #ceramicart #studio #slipcasting #texture #porcelain
Hi everyone - I just wanted to let you know that I Hi everyone - I just wanted to let you know that I will be giving a free talk soon!! … Details in the poster pictured. … I hope to see some friendly faces! … All the best! X Russ
Horizontals & Verticals. … … … … … … … … #ceramics #slipcast #vase #ceramicstudio #porcelain #texture #ceramictexture #mouldmaking #plaster #plastermouldmaking #studiolife #studiopottery #ceramicdesign #ceramicart #ceramicmaker #maker
A plethora of Faith, Hope & Love mugs off to the s A plethora of Faith, Hope & Love mugs off to the store….@bellawrendesign … #porcelain #faith #hope #love #mug #ceramicmug #ceramics #ceramicart #embossed #embossmentart #slipcast #slipcasting #mouldmaking
‘Modeller for hire’ #5. … Not my design! … ‘Modeller for hire’ #5. … Not my design! … Not my idea! … There used to be a store called Liberty in Vancouver and I did a few modelling jobs for them in the first couple of years when we arrived in Vancouver, including this one…a tall sculptural piece made to look like wood but actually made of Ceramical plaster. I generally don’t like one material being ‘cleverly used to look like another…’ a bit tacky? What do you think? … These were tricky pieces - the neck has rebar in it which goes down into the body. In the background is my huge former studio: a live work space on Vernon Drive, East Vancouver which we began buying by fax machine whilst still living in the UK! (we lived on a mezzanine above the studio) My current studio is just a short walk from this place. … #notmydesign … #dontblamemeimonlythemodeler …
Another in the ‘modeller for hire’ mini series Another in the ‘modeller for hire’ mini series of IG images. This puffin became quite collectible I believe - (slide across to see the clay model in process, I’m sorry the picture is a bit ropey, I’ve never been that assiduous a documenter of my work). … This puffin - which I was commissioned to model for Aritzia - was eventually made in resin and highly lacquered. I had one in my possession for a while which I contributed to a ‘Secret Santa’ type party one Christmas Eve here on Bowen. Friends quickly discovered what it was under its poorly wrapped disguise - (you try wrapping a puffin!) and a scramble to have it as their present began….in our Secret Santa there were opportunities to take concealed presents from each other until the pile was gone. … The winner of the puffin was so excited that he swung it in the air like a trophy and immediately broke it! Much mirth ensued….
Whilst I wait for new work to strike - I have a lo Whilst I wait for new work to strike - I have a lot of ideas but not had time to develop them yet - I have decided to show some modelling work that I have done in the past here on my feed, some of the work will be of debatable quality…🤔…and therefore I do need to remind everyone that I was commissioned to do the work…I was merely the ‘modeller for hire’! 🙈 … This piece was I think meant to hold ‘string’ strangely enough - it is the final model (pre moulding) for a company called Stuart Houghton Designs which I did in the late 1980’s I think during a phase when nostalgic, pre computer, rustic office desk tidiers were all the rage!! I remember modelling pieces that became terra cotta stamps for wax seals on letters!! … #clay #ceramics #owlstringholders 😂
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965 Vernon Drive, Vancouver, BC
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