Darlynnes’ work is inspired by her interest in geology and archaeology.
Her workplace is small and rarely this neat.
Year: 2017
Helen Vanya
A graduate from Sheridan College, majoring in ceramics and design, Helen Vanya has her studio under the name of Forma Pottery. It is located in Havelock, Ontario.
She works with Cone 10 Porcelain, and her Raku, functional and decorative pieces are fired in a reduction kiln. She is a popular potter at our annual shows.
Melanie Daniels
Melanie Daniels loves handmade items and after touching clay was hooked. Clay has certainly been the most challenging and exciting medium that she has worked with. The idea of starting with a piece of clay and ending with a teapot, bowl, or other piece of pottery is very appealing.
Pottery lends itself beautifully to someone who wants to try new things.
Jetta Schega
Jetta Schega has been a member of KPG for a few years now and entered her first Christmas sale with us in 2017. This was one of the sculptural pieces she had available for sale that year.
Priya Harding
Creating functional pieces that are a pleasure to hold, look at, and use is Priya’s primary goal. Each of her pieces is hand made; she creates her own designs for brushwork and sgraffito surface decoration.
In 2016, she participated in FUSION’s Creative Directions programme to explore and experiment with new techniques and patterns – a work in progress!
Clay & Play add Papermaking to the mix
Faye Jacobs, a member of the Spinners & Weaver’s Guild, taught the kids in camp how to make paper yesterday afternoon. It looks like it was a huge success!
A Teapot Story
A Teapot Story
On June 12, 2017 a stoneware teapot was brought into the Kawartha Potters’ Guild hoping one of our members could fix the cane handle. The owner, John Sloan was not aware that Darlene Malcolm-Moran, the potter who made it in 1980, is a guild instructor. Darlene replaced the cane handle pleased that a customer would continue to use the teapot 37 years after it was created.
The KPG Gallery has a wide variety of finely crafted Pottery, Fabrics, Woodturning, and Gourds for sale. Classes for every age group and skill levels are offered at the Guild. And who knows, something you buy here or make yourself may still be in use in another 37 years!
Vimy Ridge Commemoration
The Vimy Ridge Commemoration took place Sunday April 9th at the Cenotaph in Confederation Park. This was a significant point in the history of Canada. Over 600 local people died in WWI, with a population of under 10,000, that is a significant loss. As a guild we created a ceramic trillium for each of these people, the sale of which will support veterans directly and provide funds to repair to the Cenotaph.
The Kawartha Potters Guild was honoured to take part in this event and we were thrilled with the many people that showed up to honour our veterans. Every one of the trilliums was sold.
Trillium goes to Vimy Ridge
This is one of the Trilliums that the guild made actually at Vimy, taken by a local nurse who does medical reenactment. She flew over a few days ago to include it in the ceremony.
Presentation done to site manager of Vimy– Johanne Gagne .
Our military historian Ken MacLeod from our tour group , Special Travel International in Vancouver, played the bagpipes .
Heathyr Francis on Chex News
Heathyr was talking to Chex news about our Family Day classes that she teaches. Heathyr is also the teacher that teaches all of the workshops like Girls’ Night out, Date Night. They are a lot of fun, and you end up with a piece of pottery when it is fired and glazed.