CANADA

HEATHER WAUGH PITTS

Gothic Sentinel 6

$950.00
Exhibition Submission Statement

My relationship to porcelain begins with early exposure to it as an object of admiration—figures by Royal Doulton, Rosenthal, Belleek, and the quiet perfection of European porcelain sinks. There was a precision to these works, a sense of refinement achieved through casting and control. I was also drawn to antique Asian blue-and-white vessels, where porcelain carried both history and a kind of quiet authority.

Porcelain held a hierarchy - it was the material of perfection.

It’s precisely for this reason that I chose to work against that expectation. Through hand building, I move away from perfection, allowing fingerprints and gesture to remain visible. The work becomes more organic and more emotional. It's shaped by the hand rather than concealed by finish.

At the same time, porcelain offers a unique sensitivity. It can be translucent, understated, and quietly luminous, with or without glaze. I’m interested in this tension between its historical association with perfection and its potential to hold something more raw and immediate.

In some works, I incorporate deconstructed Royal Doulton pieces, questioning what has been inherited and what we continue to value. These fragments become a way to reconsider ideas of beauty, worth, and collectability. What is preserved? What is transformed through making?

Dimensions: 10.5”H x 5”W x 4"D

Material: Porcelain and Gold Lustre

Artwork ships: Ships June 22, 2026 (when exhibition closes)

Gothic Sentinel 6

Heather Waugh, 2026
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Artist Statement

I was born on the East Coast of Nova Scotia, and grew up surrounded by the industrial refinery fields where generations of my family worked. The surface landscape of tank fields, the sea, forests and my family’s extraordinary gardens have all influenced my making. As a science graduate of Human Ecology, I studied the interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary relationship between humans and their natural, social and built environments. I’ve had various experiences in different artistic disciplines such as principal owner/ designer of a successful design company, muralist company, design column writer, gardener as well as self taught ceramicist. I hope to create a dialogue between the clay that I form by hand and my lived experiences. Raw and authentic.

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About the Artist

Hand Built Pitts Ceramics is the studio practice of artist Heather Waugh Pitts. Heather is a self-taught artist, with wide-ranging experience in interior design, painting, photography, and writing. She brings her years of practicing different artistic disciplines into her current ceramics practice.

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HEATHER WAUGH PITTS

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