Claire Olivier

Claire Olivier is a ceramic artist living in Qualicum Beach and was an active member of the Salt Spring Island Potters Guild for over 20 years. Her stoneware pieces reflect residencies in Northern Tuscany and visits to Florence, Italy. All these pieces are water tight.

Claire Olivier is a ceramic artist living in Qualicum Beach and was an active member of the Salt Spring Island Potters Guild for over 20 years. Her terracotta pieces reflect residencies in Northern Tuscany and visits to Florence, Italy. All these pieces are water tight. 

Claire Olivier is a ceramic artist living in Qualicum Beach and was an active member of the Salt Spring Island Potters Guild for over 20 years. To create her porcelain vases she must flatten clay to a thinness of only 1/8" (2 cm) then embellish the slab with elements from...

Claire Olivier is a ceramic artist living in Qualicum Beach and was an active member of the Salt Spring Island Potters Guild for over 20 years. To create her porcelain vases she must flatten clay to a thinness of only 1/8" (2 cm) then embellish the slab with elements from...

Claire Olivier is a ceramic artist living in Qualicum Beach and was an active member of the Salt Spring Island Potters Guild for over 20 years. Her terracotta pieces reflect residencies in Northern Tuscany and visits to Florence, Italy. All these pieces are water tight.

Pit fired creations are like abstract art, decorated with fire, where unpredictability prevails and no two pieces are alike. Finished work is buried in organics like seaweed, coffee grounds and native shrubs, then set on fire and left to burn for several hours. This vase is not water tight so...