Pottery 

Pottery

Exact replicas of starfish are hand glazed and kiln fired in natural & designer colours. The waters of British Columbia, from Puget Sound to Alaska are particularly rich in starfish, now called sea stars. The most common sea stars, the Pisaster Ochraceus or purple star, is found in the middle...
Vancouver Island artist Donna Rathke has been a potter for 21 years, taking summer workshops with well known Canadian and international instructors at the Metchosin International Summer School of the Arts. Before she retired to devote herself full time to pottery making Donna was a music teacher.
Vancouver Island artist Donna Rathke has been a potter for 21 years, taking summer workshops with well known Canadian and international instructors at the Metchosin International Summer School of the Arts. Before she retired to devote herself full time to pottery making Donna was a music teacher.
Vancouver Island artist Donna Rathke has been a potter for 21 years, taking summer workshops with well known Canadian and international instructors at the Metchosin International Summer School of the Arts. Before she retired to devote herself full time to pottery making Donna was a music teacher.
Vancouver Island artist Donna Rathke has been a potter for 21 years, taking summer workshops with well known Canadian and international instructors at the Metchosin International Summer School of the Arts. Before she retired to devote herself full time to pottery making Donna was a music teacher.
Vancouver Island artist Donna Rathke has been a potter for 21 years, taking summer workshops with well known Canadian and international instructors at the Metchosin International Summer School of the Arts. Before she retired to devote herself full time to pottery making Donna was a music teacher. The whimsical design...
Vancouver Island artist Elkie Mihie has been making pottery and teaching classes for 30 years. She is a member of the Arrowsmith Potters Guild and has exhibited in the Nanaimo Art Gallery as the featured artist. She has been creating delightful fairy houses for the past 3 years. The houses...
Vancouver Island artist Elkie Mihie has been making pottery and teaching classes for 30 years. She is a member of the Arrowsmith Potters Guild and has exhibited in the Nanaimo Art Gallery as the featured artist. She has been creating delightful fairy houses for the past 3 years. The houses...
Mary Flores creates pottery inspired by the colours and forms of the sea. This unique dish is 12" L X 7" W X 3" H. Interior is a mix of glazes and exterior is a mix of sand and glaze.
Mary Flores creates pottery inspired by the colours and forms of the sea. This large hand sculpted bowl is 2.5" " high with 6" diameter. Perfect for nuts or candy.
Mary Flores creates pottery inspired by the colours and forms of the sea. This small hand sculpted bowl is 4" high and 6" in diameter.
Mary Flores creates pottery inspired by the colours and forms of the sea. This large hand sculpted bowl is 14" in diameter, with the blue/green glazes continuing inside the bowl and ending with bottom featuring a sandy bottom.
Mary Flores creates home decor inspired by the colours and forms of the sea. 
Mary Flores creates Home Decor inspired by the colours and forms of the sea. The hand formed porcelain clay wave is glazed and fired then mounted with concrete, sand and resin on BC green slate. Green slate is sourced from Port Renfrew BC and is rare. This piece measures 10"...
This beautiful dish can be used for food as it is food safe. It has four ceramic pads on the bottom.
This little dish with ceramic pads on the bottom is food safe.
This pot is approximately 5" high
This item is appropriate for dried flowers only
This pot is approximately 5" high.
Because this pottery is unglazed it cannot be filled with water. Display as is or fill with dried flowers.
Because this pottery is unglazed it cannot be filled with water. Display as is or fill with dried flowers.
Because this pottery is unglazed it cannot be filled with water. Display as is or fill with dried flowers.
Because this pottery is unglazed it cannot be filled with water. Display as is or fill with dried flowers.
Because this pottery is unglazed it cannot be filled with water. Display as is or fill with dried flowers.
Because this pottery is unglazed it cannot be filled with water. Display as is or fill with dried flowers.
The exterior of this hand shaped pottery bowel resembles birch bark while the interior is finished with a beautiful turquoise glaze.        
Ocean-themed pottery, Horned sea star, forest moss
Elaine Bohm of Ponderosa Designs, located on Vancouver Island, creates exact replicas of starfish which are hand glazed and kiln fired in natural & designer colours. The waters of British Columbia, from Puget Sound to Alaska are particularly rich in starfish, now called sea stars. The most common sea stars,...
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