Gene Brenda

Gene Brenda (Edmonton, AB) has been potting since 1969, when he made a small bowl from his first ever lump of clay.  His passion has taken him to many potterys around the world.  In Korea he spent a week with a fourth generation Master Potter in Kjong Ju, and had a private demonstration and tea with a Master Potter in the Japanese Pottery centre of Bizen.  He has visited pottery villages in VietNam, Thailand, Chile, Japan and Portugal as well as individual potters across Canada and in Cuba, Morocco and Tanzania. 

Gene has been a member of the St. Albert Potters Guild since 1991, has had a solo exhibition at the Edmonton Public Library as well as participated in many group shows.  He has taken classed at Mitchosen, Olds and Red Deer College and has received instruction from Noboro Kubo, Dave Green, Meira Matheson, Pierre Guy, Gertrude Smith and Robert Archambeau.

Dawn Candy

Dawn Candy is a visual artist living and working in Red Deer, Alberta.  She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Lethbridge where she studied world religions, analytic philosophy and history.  She then went on to achieve her diploma in Visual Art from Red Deer College.  Currently she teaches several community art classes in addition to making her own work.

Little Sister Pottery is her collection of functional ceramics inspired by pattern, rhythm and landscape, both wild and cultivated, and by natural forces such as wind and tide.  The work features strong visual edges and dynamic texture, designed to indulge not only the eye but the hand.  As her pieces are used throughout daily living she hopes they convey a sense of elegance, but also the wonder and playfulness she feels in making them.

Potworks 2013