HALIFAX, CANADA
ALEXANDRA McCURDY
Blue Box with Copper Wire and Garnets
Blue Box with Copper Wire and Garnets combines ceramic form with the tactile intricacy of woven copper wire and the richness of garnets. Its deep blue “woven” porcelain surface evokes depth and mystery, a vessel that both conceals and reveals. The copper weave functions as both structure and ornament, binding the form while suggesting fragility and resilience. Garnets, with their associations of strength, love and protection, bring an elemental weight to the work. Together, these elements transform the box into more than a container; it becomes a vessel for memory, emotion, and the unseen energies of what it might hold within.
Dimensions: 6"W x 6"H x 6"D
Material: Porcelain, copper wire, garnets
Artwork ships: beginning october 22nd
Blue Box with Copper Wire and Garnets
Artist Statement
My porcelain “woven” boxes explore the vessel as both a physical container and a keeper of intangible things. Built by hand and bound in “woven” porcelain skins with wire, beads, or fibre, each box holds space, yet its contents remain unseen. This tension between visibility and concealment is central to my work- what is held may be precious, fragile or entirely imagined.
The act of “weaving” transforms the box into more than the structure; it becomes a record of time, labour, and touch. The crossing of each slip trail is a gesture of care, binding disparate elements into a unified whole. The surfaces suggest protection and resilience, while the form itself- with its closed, cube-like body- resists the open display of traditional vessels.
In reimagining the vessel through this format, I invite the viewers to consider not only what is held, but how it is held. The “woven” box is at once a boundary and a threshold: it contains, guards, and invites speculation. It speaks of the human impulse to preserve, to conceal, and to imbue objects and spaces with meaning far beyond their physical purpose.
These are vessels for memory, for possibility, and for the quiet, invisible weight of the things we choose to keep.
About the Artist
Alexandra McCurdy RCA, IAC, is a graduate of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (BFA) and of the Cardiff Institute of Higher Learning in Wales (MFA). Her retrospective exhibition, The Fabric of Clay, toured to the Burlington Art Gallery, the Beaverbrook Art Gallery and to Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery.
Her work is in the collections of the International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza, Italy; the Gardiner Museum; the Burlington Art Gallery; the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery; the Canadiana Fund; the Royal Ontario Museum; the Victoria Art Gallery in British Columbia; the Art Bank of Nova Scotia; the Nova Scotia Museum; the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery and Crafts Nova Scotia. As well, her works are in numerous private collections. Reviews of her work have been in Ceramics: Art and Perception, American Ceramics, Ceramics Monthly from the US, and Canada's Contact, Fusion, Arts Atlantic, Ontario Craft’s Studio, and Visual Arts Nova Scotia.
ALEXANDRA McCURDY
Education.
1991-2 Cardiff Institute of Higher Education. Masters Degree in 3D Design-
Ceramics.
1989 The Banff Centre, School of Fine Arts, Winter Program in Ceramics.
1976-80 Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fine Art.
Employment:
1996-03 Associate Curator-Ceramics, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
2001-02 Guest Curator for 10th. Biennale Nationale de Ceramique, Trois-Rivieres,
Quebec.
Selected Exhibitions:
International:
2019 Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale 2019, Korea
2015 Florida Wild Life, juried exhibition, Naples art Association, Naples, Florida, USA.
2011 Inaugural Naples International Contemporary Crafts Exhibition, juried exhibition, Longstreth-Goldberg Art Gallery, Naples, Florida, U.S.A.
2010 Florida Contemporary, juried exhibition, The von Leibig Art Centre, Naples, Florida, U.S.A.
2009 Boundless Possibilities, juried exhibition, The von Leibig Art Centre, Naples, Florida, U.S.A.
2008 5X5X5, juried exhibition, Target Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.A.
2006 World Women: On the Horizon, juried exhibition, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
2003 Art Focus 2003, juried exhibition, Art League of Bonita Springs, Bonita Springs, Florida, U.S.A.
2002 Art Encounter 2002, juried exhibition, Von Leibig Art Centre, Naples,
Florida, U.S.A.
2001 52nd. International Ceramic Art Exhibition, juried exhibition, International Museum of Ceramic Art, Faenza, Italy.
2000 Art Encounter 2000, juried exhibition, Von Leibig Art Centre, Naples, Florida, U.S.A.
1998 Fire and Earth: Contemporary Canadian Ceramics, Itabashi Art Museum,
Tokyo, Japan.
1995 An Exhibition of Ceramics and Paintings, invitational exhibition, Ifield Gallery, London, England.
1995 Tenth Annual San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, juried exhibition,
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas, U.S.A.
1994 XIV International Biennale of Ceamic Arts, juried exhibition, Castle Museum, Vallauris, France.
1993 IV World Triennial Exhibition of Small Ceramics, invitational exhibition, Zagreb, Croatia
1988 Society for Art in Crafts, invitational exhibition, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
1988 Out of Canada, juried exhibition, International Gallery, San Diego, California, U.S.A.
Solo:
2015 Crossing Material Boundaries, David Kaye Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2011-
2013 The Fabric of Clay, travelling retrospective, Burlington Art Centre, Ontario, Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick
2008 A Stitch in Time, Ross Creek Art Centre, Canning, Nova Scotia.
2006 Common Thread, Secord Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
2005 The Ties That Bind, Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario.
2004 Mothers/Daughters, Mary Black Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia (touring to the Acadia University Art Gallery, Wolfville, Nova Scotia and Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge, Ontario).
2003 George Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art Gift Shop, Toronto, Ontario.
2001 Grand Pre Winery Gallery, Wolfville, Nova Scotia.
1998 S.O.S: Sources of Support, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia touring to Confederation Centre for the Arts, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island; and Burlington Art Centre, Burlington, Ontario)
1995 George Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art Gift Shop, Toronto, Ontario.
1994 Houston North Gallery, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
1993 Gallery Gabor, Toronto, Ontario.
1992 From Beneath the Covers, Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
1991 Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Gift Shop, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
1988 George Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art Gift Shop, Toronto, Ontario.
1987 Gallery 1667, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
1985 Pagurian Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.
1983 Pagurian Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.
1982 Manuge Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Group:
2025 Fusion: Fireworks, Great Lakes Museum, Kingston, Ontario and travelling.
2024 Collecting Memories: 40 Years of Ceramics and Community, Gardiner Museum, Toronto, Ontario.
2021 Confined: curated exhibition at the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario
2020 ALONE: curated virtual exhibition at Acadia University Art Gallery, Wolfville, Nova Scotia
2019 Marion McCain Exhibition of Contemporary Atlantic Art, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, New Brunswick
2019 Throw, Slip, Spin: Studio Ceramics form the Collection of the AGGV, British Columbia
2018 Revolution, Juried exhibition, Mary Black Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
2017 Oh! Canada!, juried exhibition, Mary Black Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
2017 Nonesuch Art of Paper Awards, Parrsboro, Nova Scotia
2016 XL/Excel, curated exhibition of Master Craftsmen, Mary E. Black Gallery, Halifax,
Nova Scotia.
2016 Fibre and Clay, Secord Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
2015 Craft Year 2015, juried exhibition, Mary E.Black Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
2015 NSCAD Alumni Exhibition, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
2015 Fireworks 2015, two year juried travelling exhibition, organized by the Ontario Clay and Glass Association
2014 From Coast to Coast to Coast, Art Gallery of Burlington, Burlington, Ontario.
2014 Peacework, Juried exhibition, Mary E. Black Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
2013 Carrying it Forward, Mary E.Black Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
2013 Change Ahead, Nova Scotia Designer Crafts Council juried exhibition, Mary E.Black Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
2013 Fireworks 2013, two year juried travelling exhibition organized by the Canadian Clay and Glass Association, opening at Sheridan Art Gallery, Oakville,Ontario
2012 Connections, Focus Gallery, Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto, Ontario
2012 Hands, Chester Art Centre, Chester, Nova Scotia
2011 Fireworks 2011, juried exhibition organised by the Canadian Clay and Glass Association, opening at the Ontario Crafts Council Gallery in Toronto, Ontario and travelling for two years
2011 Inspired, Nova Scotia Designer Crafts Council juried exhibition, Mary E. Black Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
2011 Beach, Secord Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
2010 Collaborations, juried exhibition, Mary E.Black Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
2007 The New Cartography of Craft: Charting a Course from Regional to Global, Mary E. Black Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
2007 Exceptional Craft, Secord Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
2006 Crafting Contemporary Art, juried ten venue travelling exhibition, Manitoba Arts Network, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2006 Production, juried exhibition, Mary E. Black Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
2005 Masterworks, invitational exhibition, Mary E. Black Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
2005 Maker’s Choice #3, Burlington Art Centre, Burlington, Ontario.
2004 Crowning Achievements, juried exhibition, presented by the Nova Scotia Potters Guild, Government House, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
2003 Fireworks 2003, juried exhibition, organized by Fusion: the Ontario Clay & Glass Association,, Carleton University Greenhouse, Ottawa, Ontario (and touring).
2003 Genius Loci, invitational exhibition, Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery,
Waterloo, Ontario.
2001 Games Needles Play, juried exhibition, Museum London, London, Ontario.
2001 Watermark, juried exhibition, organized by the Nova Scotia Designer Crafts Council, Mary Black Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
2000/
2001 Fireworks 2000/2001, juried exhibition, organized by Fusion: the Ontario Clay and Glass Association, Rosalie Sharp Pavilion Gallery, Toronto, Ontario (and touring).
2000/
2001 Looking Forward, juried exhibition, organized by the Ontario Crafts Council, National Trade Centre, Toronto, Ontario (and touring).
2000 Point Pleasant Park: Interpretations of a Public Place, invitational exhibition, Public Archives, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
2000 A Bowl for All Seasons, invitational exhibition, George Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto, Ontario.
2000 Voyage, juried exhibition, Biennale Nationale de Ceramique, Trois-Rivieres, Quebec.
1998 Four Artists Presenting New Works in Four Mediums, Houston North Gallery, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
1997 Extremes, invitational exhibition, Studio 21, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
1996 Show of Hands, juried exhibition organized by the Nova Scotia Designer
Crafts Council, Technical University of Nova Scotia Gallery, Halifax, Nova
Scotia.
1996 From the Ground Up, juried exhibition organized by the Nova Scotia Potters Guild, Mary Black Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia (and touring).
1996 Down to Earth Art, invitational exhibition, Studio 21, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
1995 Show of Hands, juried exhibition, organized bt the Nova Scotia Designer
Crafts Council, TUNS Gallery Halifax, Nova Scotia.
1995 Portraits of Artists, invitational exhibition, Dartmouth Heritage Museum,
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
1994 Marion McCain Atlantic Art Exhibition, curated, Beaverbrook Art Gallery,
Fredericton, New Brunswick (and touring)
1994 Far and Wide, juried exhibition, organized by Visual Arts Nova Scotia,
Dartmouth Heritage Museum, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
1994 Containment: the Space Within, invitational exhibition, Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario.
1993 Relics for the Future, juried exhibition organized by the Nova Scotia Designer Crafts Council, Dartmouth Heritage Museum, Dartmouth, Nova
Scotia (and touring).
1992 A Treasury of Canadian Craft, invitational exhibition, Canadian Crafts Museum, British Columbia
Curatorial Projects:
1998/99 Collectors Collections, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
1999/00 Earthenware: A Nova Scotia Tradition, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia,
Halifax, Nova Scotia.
2000/01 Porcelain: A Measure of Mystery, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax,
Nova Scotia.
2001/02 Painterly Ceramics, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
2002/03 Stoneware: An Argument that Holds Water, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia,
Halifax, Nova Scotia.
2004 Yuan, Mary E. Black Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
2005 In the Margins: Canadian Women in Clay, Mary E. Black Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
2008 Meaning & Metaphor: Highlights from the Contemporary Ceramic Collection of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, N.B.
2008 East Coast Ceramists, Burlington Art Centre, Burlington, Ontario.
2013 Carrying it Forward, Mary E. Black Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Authored Books, Catalogues, Reviews, Articles:
10th. Biennale Nationale de Ceramique Catalogue, Trois-Rivieres, Quebec.
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Journal Volume 18/1, March-August 2001,
From the Collection: Blue Apron Pot, (by Alison Britton).
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Journal Volume 18/2, September-February, 2002,
Painterly Ceramics
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Journal Volume19/2, September-February, 2003,
Andrea Gill…Post Modern Ceramist
Canadian Society of Decorative Arts Bulletin, Spring 2002, Volume 20, Number 1-2,
Contemporary Studio Ceramics: Shaw Gallery at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
Canadian Society of Decorative Arts Bulletin, Fall 2002, Volume 20, Number 3,
Painterly Ceramics
Mary E. Black Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Exhibition catalogue essay for Yuan
September, 2004
Mary E. Black Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Exhibition catalogue essay for In the Margins: Canadian Women in Ceramics, September, 2005
Craft: Perception and Practice, Volume 11, Painterly Ceramics , pages 19-24, published by Ronsdale Press, Vancouver, B.C., 2005
Ornamentum, Decorative Arts in Canada, Spring 2006, Volume 23, Number 3, pages 11-13
Scholarships:
1994 Overseas Research Students Scheme Award.
1991 Alberta Potters Association Scholarship.
Grants:
2015 Arts Nova Scotia Grants to Individuals Program, Presentation Grant
2012 Nova Scotia Department of Communities, Culture and Heritage Presentation Grant
2011 Canada Council Travel Grant
2011 Nova Scotia Department of Communities, Culture and Heritage Presentation Grant.
2002 Professional Development Grant, Nova Scotia Arts Council
2001 Canada Council Travel Grant.
1997 Professional Development Grant, Nova Scotia Arts Council..
1996 Skills Development for Professional Artists and Resource Persons Program
Grant.
1995 Canada/Nova Scotia Cooperation Agreement on Cultural Development
Grant.
1995 Individual Exhibition Assistance Grant from the Nova Scotia Department
of Education.
1994 Sheila Hugh MacKay Foundation Grant.
1992 Individual Exhibition Assistance Grant from the Nova Scotia Department of
Tourism and Culture.
1988 Individual Exhibition Assistance Grant from the Nova Scotia Department of
Tourism and Culture.
1986 Individual Exhibition Assistance Grant from the Nova Scotia Department of
Tourism and Culture.
Distinctions:
2019 International Academy of Ceramics induction.
2019 Best Body of Work Award, Craft Nova Scotia.
2015 Royal Canadian Academy induction, Montreal, Quebec.
2011 Fusion Fireworks Best in Design Award, Fusion (Ontario Clay and Glass Association) Fireworks juried exhibition, opening at Ontario Crafts Council Gallery in Toronto, Ontario, and travelling throughout Ontario.
2009 Award for Technical Achievement, The von Leibig Art Centre, Naples, Florida. U.S.A.
2002/01 Nominee for the Saidye Bronfman Award for Excellence in the Crafts.
1993 Nominee for the Jean A. Chalmers Award for Crafts.
1989/88 Nominee for the Saidye Bronfman Award for Excellence in the Crafts.
Public Collections:
2018 Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto, Ontario
2013 Victoria Art Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia
2013 Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
2013 Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick
2012 Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto, Ontario
2005 Canadian Clay and Glass Museum, Waterloo, Ontario
2001 Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche, Faenza, Italy.
1999 & 1993 Burlington Art Centre, Burlington, Ontario.
1999, 1997, 1994, 1984,2012
2004 Art Bank of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
1996 Canadiana Fund Collection, Ottawa, Ontario.
1995 Longhouse Foundation, New York, U.S.A.
1994 Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
1986 Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
1986 Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario.
Corporate Collections:
Beacon Securities, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
MacDonald's, Antigonish, Nova Scotia.
Rolex Watch Company, Toronto, Ontario.
Summit Park Development, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
Maritime Life Assurance Company, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Claridge Investments, Montreal, Quebec.
Jannock Corporation, Toronto, Ontario.
Imperial Oil, Toronto, Ontario.
Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto, Ontario
Argus Corporation, Toronto, Ontario.
Gordon Securities, Toronto, Ontario.
Ivy Foundation, Boston, Massachusetts.
Pagurian Corporation, Toronto, Ontario.
Selected Private Collections
Diane Reitberger, Toronto, Ontario
Dudley and James Grove, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.
Raphael Yu, Toronto, Ontario.
Margaret Fountain, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Colin MacDonald, Chester, Nova Scoria.
Beatrice Camiener, Naples, Florida.
Jack Lenor Larsen, New York, New York.
Peter Gzowski, Toronto, Ontario.
Sarah Band, Toronto, Ontario.
Mona Campbell, Toronto, Ontario.
Christopher Ondaatje, London, England.
Montcrief Black, Toronto, Ontario
Robin Metcalfe, London, Ontario.
Tony Saulnier, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
James Durnnian, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
David Olson, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Darrel Pink, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
President Caroline D'Aquina, Philippines.
Professional Associations:
2011-2020 Honorary Member of the Canadian Society of Decorative Arts
2010-2020 Exhibition Committees of Nova Scotia Designer Crafts Council and Mary E. Black Gallery
2004-2005 Board Member, Mary E. Black Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
1997-2006 Director, Nova Scotia Designer Crafts Council, Halifax, Nova Scotia
2002-2004 Representative at Canadian Craft Federation for Nova Scotia Designer
Crafts Council
1994-2003 Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Ceramic Sub-Committee Chairman, Halifax, Nova Scotia
1993-96 Visual Arts Member of Skills Development Advisory Committee,
Nova Scotia
1988-81 Second Vice President of Nova Scotia Designer Crafts Council, Halifax, Nova Scotia
1988-89 Co-chairperson of Standards Committee, Nova Scotia Designer
Craft Council, Halifax, Nova Scotia
1986-88 Vice President of Nova Scotia Designer Craft Council, Halifax, Nova
Scotia
1986-88 Board Member of Nova Scotia College of Art and Design Alumni
Association, Halifax, Nova Scotia
1985-86 Board Member of Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario
1985-86 Chairperson of the Permanent Collection , Nova Scotia Designer Craft
Council, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Teaching and Lectures:
Numerous lectures associated with various exhibitions nationally and internationally, as well as courses in Naples, and Marco Island, Florida, for art associations, museums and state universities.
Selected:
2009 Naples Art Museum, Naples, Florida, slide lecture titled Contemporary Ceramics.
2008 Burlington Art Centre, Ontario, panel discussion on the exhibition East Coast Ceramics,
(which I co-curated).
2007 Neo Craft Conference, NSCAD University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, slide lecture titled Women in Craft.
2007 Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick, lecture on Meaning and Metaphor: Ceramics from the Collection of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia,
(which I curated).
2006 Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia, slide lecture on Lucie Rie and Hans Coper.
2003 George Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, slide lecture on my own work at my solo exhibition with the Gallery Shop
1998 Confederation Centre, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, slide lecture on my own work at the opening of my solo exhibition titled SOS: Sources of Support.
Publications: Magazines:
American Ceramics, Volume 10, Number 4, 1993, Page 52
Arts Atlantic 65, Volume 17, Number 1, Winter 2000, Pages 20-31
Arts Atlantic 63, Volume 16, Number 2, 1999, Page 16
Arts Atlantic 52, Volume 13, Number 4, 1995, Page 38
Arts Atlantic 51, Volume 13, Number 3, 1995, Page 7
Arts Atlantic 47, Volume 12, Number 3, 1993, Pages 8-9
Arts Atlantic 42, Volume 11, Number 2, 1989, Pages 9-10
Arts Atlantic 35, Volume 9, Number 3, 1989, Pages 41-43
Arts Atlantic 34, Volume 9, Number 2, 1989, Pages 13-14
Arts Atlantic 28, Volume 7, Number 4, 1987, Page 18
Arts Atlantic 24, Volume 5, Number 4, 1987, Page 18
Canadian Society of Decorative Arts Bulletin, Volume 22, Number ½, Spring/Summer 2004, Pages 7-8
Ceramics Art & Perception, Issue 88, 2012, Pages 66-69
Ceramics Art & Perception, Issue 61, 2005, Pages 63-65
Ceramics Art & Perception, Issue 51, 2003, Pages 27-31
Ceramics Art & Perception, Issue 42, 2000, Pages 52-56
Ceramics Art & Perception, Issue 36, 1999, Pages 51-54
Ceramics Art & Perception, Issue 18, 1994, Page 63
Ceramics Art & Perception, Issue 17, 1994, Page 71
Ceramics Monthly, Volume 46, Number 9, November 1998, Pages 14-16
Ceramics Monthly, Volume 41, Number 1, January 1993, Pages 29-33
Ceramics Monthly, Volume 38, Number 3, March 1990, Pages 83-84
Ceramics Monthly, Volume 34, Number 10, December 1986, Page 69
Ceramics Monthly, Volume 32, Number 4, April 1984, Page 71
Ceramics Monthly, Volume 31, Number 5, May 1983, Page 67
Ceramics Technical Magazine, Number 9, 1999, Pages 34-38
Contact, Issue 114, Fall 1998, Pages 15-17
Contact, Issue 91, Winter 1992/93, Page 6
Contact, Issue 70, Fall 1987, Page 16
Dalhousie Alumni Magazine, Volume 12, Number 3, Winter 1996, Page 31
Dalhousie Alumni Magazine, Volume 1, Number 3, Summer 1985, page 7
Fusion Magazine, Volume 35, Number 3, Autumn 2011, page 7
Fusion Magazine, Volume 33, Number 1, Winter 2009, Page 20
Fusion Magazine, Volume 30, Number 1, Winter 2006, Page 10-13
Fusion Magazine, Volume 28, Number 3, Autumn 2004, Page 8
Fusion Magazine, Volume 23, Number 3, Fall 1999, Page 10
Fusion Magazine, Volume 19, Number 3, Summer 1995, Page 9
Fusion Magazine, Volume 18, Number 2, Spring 1994, Page 8
Fusion Magazine, Volume 17, Number 2, Spring 1993, Page 8
Fusion Magazine, Volume 12, Number 6, 1984, Page 13
Fusion Magazine, Volume 8, Number 2, 1984, Page 5
Lifestyle Nova Scotia Magazine, Volume 3, Number 01, February-April 2004,
Page 6
Nova Scotia Designer Crafts Council Newsletter, Winter 2004, Pages 16-17
Nova Scotia Designer Crafts Council Newsletter, March 1988, Page 16
Nova Scotia Designer Crafts Council Newsletter, February 1984, Page 11
Nova Scotia Designer Crafts Council Newsletter, December 1982, Page 8
Ontario Craft, Winter 2004/2005, Page 18
Ontario Craft, Volume 24, Number 1, Summer 1999, Page 16
Ontario Craft, Number 4, Winter 1986, Craft Focus 11
Ornamentum: Decorative Arts in Canada, Spring/Summer 2015, Page 31
South end magazine, May, 2013, Cityscape, Page 6.
Studio:Craft &Desin in Canada. Fall/Winter 2015-2016 Page 62
Surface Design Journal, Volume 16, Number 1, Fall 1991, Pages 9-10
Visual Arts News,Volume 40, Number 1, Summer 2018, Pages 30-33
Visual Arts News, Volume 34, Number 2, Fall 2012, Pages 27-28
Visual Arts News, Volume 27, Number 3, Winter 2006, Pages 22-23
Visual Arts News, Volume 26, Number 1, Spring 2004, Pages 6-8
Visual Arts News, Volume 20, Number 3, Autumn 1998, Pages 19-20
Visual Arts News, Volume 16, Number 4, Winter 1994, Page 16
Visual Arts News, Volume 15, Number 15, Spring 1993, Page 19
Visual Arts News, Volume 7, Number 2, June/July 1985, Page 8
Books:
Gravity and Grace, Gil McElroy, Gaspereau Press, Nova Scotia, 1998.
Making Marks: Discovering the Ceramic Surface, Robin Hopper, Krause Publications Inc., 2005.
Studio Ceramics in Canada, Gail Crawford, Goose Lane Editions, 2006.
Cahiers metiers d’art: Craft Journal, Volume 3, Number 2, Spring 2010, Case Postal 861, Succersale Desjardins, Montreal, Quebec. H5B 1C1
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