Hello September!
ALL of my work can be seen by going to the Catalogue in the main menu above. There are a number of Collections offered below. I have hidden all that has been sold, so if you don't see it, it is no longer available. At this writing I am not sure when the next online update will be. Toward the end of September probably. My markets have been very strong, which is wonderful. Thank you.
Store Hours are haphazard this month as I take some vacation time during the week. Please phone for hours. 613-816-9034 Closed until September 12th definitely.
I am back at the Carp Farmers' Market on Saturdays, 8 to 1, and the Ottawa Farmers' Markets on Sundays, 9 to 3, at Lansdowne Park. Both markets run through until the end of October.
Enter your email at the bottom of this page in the SIGN UP box. You must subscribe, I don't automatically do it for you even if you've purchased. I send special promotions and notification of shop updates to newsletter subscribers, and as you know a lot of what I make sometimes never happens again. That's why it's still interesting to me 33 years in the game.
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.
Free Delivery, Curbside Pickup, Free Shipping and SALES!
FREE SHIPPING is applied to all purchases over $400.
FREE DELIVERY I am happy to offer free delivery to those living within Ottawa, the burbs or South Dundas for purchases over $50. 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. Use this if you want to grab it online first to guarantee it's there for you when you come to the store. 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.
E-TRANSFER PAYMENT is now an option in the checkout process. Just click Bank Transfer and follow the instructions.
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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
Closed: Saturday-Monday
SEPTEMBER: PLEASE CALL FOR HOURS
Saturday Carp FM 8-1
Sunday Ottawa FM 9-3
Please call to make an appointment outside of these hours. 613-816-9034