Featuring nine leading Canadian ceramic and glass artists: Susan Collett, Steven Heinemann, Loren Kaplan, Grainne McHugh, Paula Murray, Susan Rankin, Julia Reimer, John Paul Robinson and Cheryl Wilson Smith, Fire and Form: Masters of Clay and Glass is committed to blowing your mind. Pun intended. Together these artists are part of the mid-20th century ceramics movement responsible for "releasing the medium from the tyranny of function," as Rachael Gotlieb,(Gotlieb, 2006), emphatically described of the Funk Art clay movement that began in Saskatchewan in 1969. Likewise, these nine clay and glass heavy hitters have wrested the form of ceramic and glass from the strictures of quotidien functionality and embraced its conceptual, socio-political, socio-cultural, philosophical, and aesthetically compelling potential. Every medium has within it a message that is at once unique and infinite. Sure, the medium may in fact be the message if we are to accept Marshall Mcluhan's 1964 thesis, but its ability to communicate is multi-vocal and contingent on the form it takes. And each of these forms articulates its own compelling story.
Fire & Form: Masters of Clay and Glass 12 June 2021 — 5 July 2021
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Dual Symmetry John Paul Robinson
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Gossamer Sphere Medium Cerulean Julia Reimer
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Fire Fly John Paul Robinson
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Home John Paul Robinson
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Autumn Paula Murray
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TP No 2 Steven Heinemann
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TP No 1 Steven Heinemann
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Small Flattened Form with Shards in Reds Susan Rankin
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Medium Flattened Form with Shard and Cane in Blues Susan Rankin
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Gossamer Bowl Large Smokey Plum Julia Reimer
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Gossamer Medium Bowl Cerulean Blue Julia Reimer
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Gossamer Medium Bowl Steel Blue Julia Reimer
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Passage VII Paula Murray
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Elysium Susan Collett
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Palisade Susan Collett
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Peace Study Tondo with Sky Blue Paula Murray
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Ocean Airc Cheryl Wilson Smith
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Gossamer Series Vase Extra Tall Clear Julia Reimer
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Gossamer Series Cone Vessel Clear Julia Reimer
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Basalt Long Necked Vessel Loren Kaplan
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Platform Scott Pattinson
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Xlarge Flattened Form with Shards and Cane in Reds Susan Rankin
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Intensity Cheryl Wilson Smith
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Gossamer Vase Medium Smokey Plum 7 Julia Reimer
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Gossamer Vase Medium Steel Blue 10 Julia Reimer
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Laurel II Susan Collett
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Dark Waters Two Gráinne McHugh
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Seas Four Meters Building to Six Gráinne McHugh
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Ice Ridge No 3 Cheryl Wilson Smith
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Ice Ridge No 2 Cheryl Wilson Smith
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Flame Symmetry John Paul Robinson
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Flying John Paul Robinson
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Flying With Fire John Paul Robinson
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Lineage XII Susan Collett
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Laurel Pair I Susan Collett
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Gossamer Sphere Medium Aqua Julia Reimer sold
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Gossamer Sphere Medium Aqua Julia Reimer sold
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Striped Porcelain Totem Vessel No.1 Loren Kaplan sold
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Striped Porcelain Totem Vessel No.2 Loren Kaplan sold
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Striped Totem Vessel No 4 Loren Kaplan sold
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Totem No 3 Loren Kaplan sold
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Striped Porcelain Totem Vessel No.5 Loren Kaplan sold
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XLarge Engraved Vessel Loren Kaplan sold
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Taking Flight Paula Murray sold
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Pulse Paula Murray sold
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Blush Paula Murray sold
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Blue Moon 2 1/3 Steven Heinemann sold
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heavyweather Steven Heinemann sold
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Small Flattened Form with Shards in Oranges Susan Rankin sold
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Small Flattened Form with Shards in Blues Susan Rankin sold
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Gossamer Bowl Large Aqua Julia Reimer sold
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Gossamer Sphere Medium Steel Blue Julia Reimer sold
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Gossamer Vase Medium Cerulean Blue Julia Reimer sold
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Passage III Paula Murray sold
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Passage IV Paula Murray sold
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Passage V & VI Paula Murray sold
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Large Engraved Ginger Jar Loren Kaplan sold
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Medium Engraved Ginger Jar Loren Kaplan sold
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Ellesmere Steven Heinemann sold
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Ritual Vessel Tureen Jerry Rothman sold
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Gossamer Vase Medium Clear Julia Reimer sold
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Black Small Base Detail Vessel Loren Kaplan sold
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Medium Flattened Form with Shard and Cane in Reds Susan Rankin sold
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Medium Flattened Form with Shard and Cane in Yello Susan Rankin sold
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Outcrop V Cheryl Wilson Smith sold
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Ouvert No 37 Scott Pattinson sold
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Metropolis Gráinne McHugh sold
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Large Rutabaga Victor Cicansky sold