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Joan Bakker

 

Pots on a Timeline

I think of my pottery as a small speck on a timeline from prehistory when human lives were recorded by pottery, often pottery alone, to a time way out there in future time space when anthropologists will still be looking at pottery as a record of human lives lived - Joan

 

Joan was born in Shawville, Quebec, in 1933, and graduated from Shawville High School. She was married in 1953 and has two children. She attended Teacher's College in Ottawa, taught elementary school, went to Carleton University for a B.A in Anthropology including Art History and Visual Arts. She graduated in 1977 and retired in 1991. In 1993, Joan began her study of pottery with Peter Petersen. She has since explored handbuilding, wheel throwing, extrusion and firing techniques to shape works in a wide range of styles. Some show the influence of pre-Columbian culture and Ikebana. Her "salamander pots" and others with a "dancing man" motif are among her most popular. She has developed a special glaze using Shawville clay. Pieces molded out of clay slabs imprinted with the textures and patterns of doilies have also been very successful.

Joan est née en 1933 à Shawville, Québec, s'est mariée 1953, et a eu deux enfants. Elle a étudié l'anthropologie jusqu'au BA à Carleton University. Après sa carrière d'enseignante au niveau primaire, elle a pris sa retraite en 1991. En 1993, Joan a débuté son apprentissage comme potière chez Peter Petersen. Elle a ensuite étudié diverses techniques de tournage, de façonnage à la main, de profileuse, et de cuisson pour créer des oeuvres d'une grande gamme de styles. Plusieurs montrent une influence de la poterie pré-columbien, et d'ikébana. Ses pots à motif de salamandre et d'homme dansant figurent parmi les plus recherchés. Des plats et pots formés de plaques d'argile imprimées à dessins de napperons au crochet ont aussi connu un grand succès.

Joan's pottery in on display and for sale year round at a small gallery at GiGi's Café, 1249 Hwy 148, Campbell's Bay, Quebec, and at Studio L'Artizan, 303-#3 Main Street, Shawville, Quebec.

 

 

 

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