BIO

​I have enjoyed making pottery for over 40 years, and worked with various clay bodies and glazes.    My pottery is made using a combination of wheel thrown and hand built shapes, and glazed with multiple layers consisting of ash and other base glazes.

Where to find my pottery?

• L'Abbe Pottery showroom, Waterloo, Ontario.   The showroom is open by chance or by appointment.  Please contact me if you wish to drop by.
• The Canadian Clay and Glass Museum, Waterloo, Ontario

My Journey

• ​L'Abbé Pottery, Waterloo, Ontario - Own and operate my pottery studio and showroom.  
• Waterloo Potter's Workshop - Part-time instructor and conducted workshops on various throwing techniques.
• Studio 405, Ile de Chenes, Manitoba – owned and operated my studio where my production was mainly functional pottery, fired at cone 9 reduction.  I formulated glazes and clay bodies for cone 9 reduction.
• Home Studio in Calgary, Alberta – Functional pottery, designed and built fiber kiln, slab roller, and other pottery equipment.
• Studio Potter, Ceramic Arts, Calgary, Alberta – honed my functional pottery skills as an apprentice potter, and assisted in building a reduction car kiln, and other equipment. 
• Ceramic Instructor and Technician for Georgian College Summer School of the Arts, Barrie, Ontario
  

The pottery seeds were planted while studying at

• Georgian College of Applied Arts and Technology, Design and Material Arts program,  Barrie, Ontario
• Central Technical Institute, Ceramic Arts Program, Toronto, Ontario