Thinking of the Holidays?
Here we are in mid-October already. You may already know that Canada Post is in negotiations right now so the possibility of a postal strike is in the air for the beginning of November. That would make today's update, October 11, a good one for Christmas shopping.
There is still alot of work coming out before Christmas including some larger vases as well as some sculptures and another school of fish.
New FLAT RATE SHIPPING ON THE GARDEN SIGNS, up to 16 signs. $22 Canada wide, except $18 for Ontario.
My Schedule to Christmas
October Saturday the 19th & 26th: Carp Farmers' Market (NO Xmas market for me in Carp this year)
October 20-November 17, Sundays at the Ottawa Farmers' Market at Lansdowne, outside & inside the Aberdeen Pavilion
November 16, Saturday, Ritchie's Christmas Bazaar, 5901 Ottawa St., Richmond, 10-3
November 23&24, 30&Dec1, Dec 7&8, 14&15, 21&22, Saturday AND Sunday in the Aberdeen Pavilion, Ottawa Farmers' Market
December 4-8, The Originals Christmas Craft Sale, EY Centre, Ottawa
I have changed things up a bit and put everything in the main feature collection so be sure to hit the wee arrow at the top right of the collection to see all that is available. I have grouped things by pattern, so if you don't see it, keep scrolling. This is a very big update, five pages worth.
PLEASE SEE SHIPPING AND DELIVERY INFO BELOW
Please remember I have shifted my business model significantly by no longer taking special orders. So if you like what you see, buy it. It may never happen again. This is to allow the artist in me to play by moving organically from one body of work to the next through the year. So mosey your way through the menus, check out my blog posts, the links to my social media, and the About Me for background information on my career. I think you will find it a fun journey. Enjoy, Diane Sullivan, MFA.
Pottery Collection 2024
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FREE SHIPPING is applied to all orders over $200.
FREE DELIVERY I am happy to offer free delivery to those living within Ottawa, the burbs or South Dundas for purchases over $80. Your address will trigger this option at checkout, and I will be in touch to confirm delivery time.
FREE PICK UP is also available at the Williamsburg store or one of my farmers' markets. Use this if you want to grab it online first to guarantee it's there for you when you come to the store or market. Enter the discount code FREEPICKUP at checkout, you won't be charged shipping and I will know the piece is sold and hold it for you.
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ARABESQUE POTTERY: THE BACKSTORY
My earlier work sought to decipher decoration’s meaning and relationship to our current world. In 1996, I created Arabesque Pottery, a studio line of functional and non-functional forms that complement my larger one-of-a-kind pieces. I make the work on the potter's wheel or by hand building slabs of clay then decorate when the clay is still wet either by carving in to the clay or applying a print transfer technique.
‘Arabesque’ literally means ‘arab-like’ and was coined by Europeans to define movements in the arts influenced by Islam. You’ll find an arabesque in poetry, dance, music and architecture. I am using it for the visual reference to an architectural detail known as an arabesque, or in layman’s terms, a ‘curlicue’, which you will find in a lot of my work. The arabesque suggests the beauty and continuity of life.
In 2006, I had the great pleasure of traveling to China for a residency. The result of that visit has been the return to larger scale sculptures, now incorporating figurative references. And I still create the pottery line. Both the sculptures and the pottery have historical references to European and Asian ceramic history as well as everyday Canadian life.
Arabesque Pottery Store
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