Gallery of BC
Ceramics

www.bcpotters.com
Brenda Beaudoin,
Gallery Manager
galleryofbcceramics@bcpotters.com
604.669.3606
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Gallery Assistants San d ra D ol p h e 0 U n Pi es
Sarah Belley, Sandra Dolph—a maker of thrown pots and vessels for over 30 years—is completely
Roxanne Gagnon, taken by flat surfaces. In the beginning, these surfaces were made into pots, but they
Marisse Aquilar and quickly evolved into two-dimensional pieces that were framed and hung on the wall. Her
Samantha MacDonald coastal and forest surroundings have been the themes for these new pieces. “I feel I’m just
staff@bcpotters.com starting to scratch the surface of the potential for what I have to express in what I see and
a feel from these environments,” says Sandra. “I can see ‘growing old’ with this format of
Gallery Committee the flat surface, richly exploring my world in a simple, yet potentially profound form.”
Mage} Kneer Sandra has a BS in Art Education from New York State University College. She has
Sheila Morissette taught at the Adirondack Centre for the Arts and owned and operated a gallery in upstate
Pia Sillem New York. She has also taught at a number of international workshops, and has given
Jinny Whitehead and hosted workshops at her studio on Galiano. Over the years she has guided many
Celia Rice-Jones apprentices through their exploration of ceramics. Sandra makes an annual visit to Japan

where she studies, makes pots and meditates in a Zen Buddhist temple.

Sandra shows her work in various galleries throughout the Pacific Northwest and in
Japan. In the fall of 2003, she had a solo show at Kobo Gallery in Seattle, and the previous
year she had a solo show at the BC Gallery of Ceramics in Granville Island, Vancouver.
She has also participated in numerous shows and presentations, the most recent being a
juried show of the best of BC’s contemporary potters in Burnaby. In 2006, she had work
represented in the Japan/BC exchange show in Tajimi, Japan. October 2007 includes a
solo showing of her new two-dimensional work created for the wall at the BC Gallery of
Ceramics on Granville Island.

Sandra Dolph is best known on Galiano Island as a potter with an international
reputation. While surface decoration of form has always been a large part of her
work, during the past year, decoration of the flat surface has become a major area of
exploration. She uses the rich color of under-glazes, terra sigilattas, and her signature
lichen glaze to render impressions of the Galiano coastline: the waves, the sea, the sky, and
the forest. She incises lines and texture with found natural objects, sometimes imbedding
beach stones and other objects into the clay. The resultant two-dimensional but softly
undulant works are vibrant and flushed with warm earthy tones that show her love of the
island environment.

“Within the boundary of a frame, worlds can be explored, uncovered and revealed.
Using this notion as my foundation, I am delving into the extraordinary images that are
there to be found along the beaches and rocks and trees of the beautiful island that I

gratefully live within.” @

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