Charlie
I am a potter, a sculptor, a wife and mother. I love animals and live with lots of cats, a beautiful new addition, a Russian dog we rescued at Christmas that we've named Laika and a couple of awesome horses. When I'm not teaching or potting, or sculpting or taking care of the house, I am hanging out with the animals. I am extremely fortunate to live on 5 fantastic wooded acres outside Ottawa. I love to work with all things clay and my favourite firing method is to fire outdoors in a fiber kiln I built in an old oil barrel. I fire this kiln with propane and a wonderful torch made for the purpose and built by Ward Burners. This works well for me as we always have a lot of things to burn (shavings, straw, hay) to supply reduction for the raku method.
I love raku. It is a very participatory firing method in which you have an active role in the completion of the work. A pyromaniacs dream! I run lots of workshops in the Raku method for high schools and community centres all over the Ottawa area.
I make functional cone 6 electric stoneware which is food safe, and I make sculpture and fun decorative items which are mainly finished in a raku or smoke pit firing.
If you like my work, please feel free to contact me. Call me at ( 613) 821-9649 or at (613) 204-4296 if you want to shoot me a text to come and have a visit or drop me a line!
colettebeardall@rogers.com
I love raku. It is a very participatory firing method in which you have an active role in the completion of the work. A pyromaniacs dream! I run lots of workshops in the Raku method for high schools and community centres all over the Ottawa area.
I make functional cone 6 electric stoneware which is food safe, and I make sculpture and fun decorative items which are mainly finished in a raku or smoke pit firing.
If you like my work, please feel free to contact me. Call me at ( 613) 821-9649 or at (613) 204-4296 if you want to shoot me a text to come and have a visit or drop me a line!
colettebeardall@rogers.com
