This is Part I of a series, “Towards an Understanding of Indigenous Images on Twentieth-Century Canadian Pottery.” Part II explores the period from 1970 to present and is available online at CanadaPottery.ca, as well as in print in Discovering ANTIQUES, … Continue reading →
Collecting information on Ineke Pottery has been difficult – it is almost impossible to find details about this artist and her pottery on the web. I’m working to change that. Whenever I see comments come in with additional information on … Continue reading →
Blue Mountain Pottery Collectors Club (BMPCC) is a social club that shares information, experiences and a passion for collecting Blue Mountain Pottery. Their website is one of the central hubs in sharing. The club also offers a list serve for … Continue reading →
History Dates: 1960s (?) – early 1980s Artist(s) / Owner(s): Kate and Phillip Budd Location: Whitehorse, Yukon. The first location of Grey Mountain Pottery was in a neighbourhood called Riverdale in the same ‘mall’ as the Mad Trapper Bowling … Continue reading →
Gunther Mele Ltd., best known as packaging experts specializing in jewelry packaging and storage solutions, bags and gift packaging, offered ceramic and pottery items during the 1970s and into the 1980s. The most successful items were the “Beaver Beaus”, which … Continue reading →
A visitor to this site requested information on a lovely green bowl with Art Deco style and stamped with ‘Royal Oak Canada Artware’. At this time, I have no information on this pottery, but I have found mention of a … Continue reading →
Barry Morrison of Studio Ceramics Canada introduces a fascinating website, artshuttle, with a section dedicated to modern Canadian studio ceramics. In Barry’s blog post, artshuttle.com: A New Collector’s Website Now Online, he states, “Artshuttle’s content is wide but there are two sections that … Continue reading →
Crown Ceramics, a little-known Vancouver company from the 1950s Finding information on some Canadian pottery manufacturers can be intriguing and frustrating. Snippets of information here and there will sometimes be all that can be found for details. Such is the … Continue reading →
