Thinking of the Holidays?
It's mid-November and Canada Post is on strike. I have set up an account with Purolator for my deliveries beyond the Ottawa area. The shipping charges will remain as I have entered them. It is far too busy a time of year for me to go through major changes. My focus is on the work. You will also notice that I haven't done an online update for awhile. If I can I will get to it, but alas, just me and just linear time. There are alot of one-of-a-kind pieces (sculptures/vases) coming through for the Originals Show, December 4-8. I encourage you to come and see them.
My Schedule to Christmas
Friday night market, Aberdeen Pavilion: November 22nd, 5-9
Saturday AND Sunday in the Aberdeen Pavilion, Ottawa Farmers' Market, 10 to 4
November 23&24, 30&Dec1, Dec 7&8, 14&15, 21&22,
December 4-8, The Originals Christmas Craft Sale, EY Centre, Ottawa
Please contact me directly for store hours. Simply put, I am not around during any of the above dates/times. Generally I am open Wed-Friday afternoons.
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 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.
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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
STORE HOURS
Definitely Closed: Saturday-Monday
PLEASE CALL FOR HOURS. 613-816-9034
Saturday Carp FM 8-1
Sunday Ottawa FM 9-3