MARTHA AND GORDON JAMES

MA


  We welcome you to visit our studio
and gallery situated on Quadra Island,
British Columbia, Canada.
Open year round, James Pottery
produces a wide selection of handmade
functional and decorative ware as well
as unique sculptural pieces.
Please contact us if you would like
more information on any of the work
that you see on this site.
Featured Piece
Quadrille

Martha Nickoloff James

Porcelain with alder ash, stains and lustre $160
Width 7.5",Height 7"
POTTERY

WORKSHOPS

WITH

Martha &

Gordon James
Creative Clay Getaway

Artists-potters Martha and Gordon James offer one day pottery workshops to suit your needs and schedule.

Workshops may discuss and demonstrate an assortment of pottery techniques including: Ceramic processes and materials. Handbuilding with Porcelain-form and surface. Throwing on the potter’s wheel. Artistry and skills, Designing Dinnerware, Handbuilding Stoneware Sculpture-wheel and/slab construction, the Figure with Humour. Functional Pottery Demonstrations: throwing, altering, trimming, decoration and glazing. Maiolica techniques. Porcelain techniques.
Conversation, question and answer, demonstration, show and tell. Thirty-five years of experience as professional potters.
James Pottery has a large, well equipped studio and gallery with room for up to 12 participants. Workshops can be tailored for the level and experience of each person from beginner to professional. Enjoy an atmosphere of creativity and experimentation.
The pottery is located on an historic homestead on the south end of Quadra Island. The breathtaking view from the cliff looks south over the Strait of Georgia.
September1 to June 25
 Minimum # guests:4
$159/person per day (based on double occupancy and subject to availability) includes workshop, accommodation and box lunch. Taxes not included prices in Canadian funds and are subject to change.


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