RS June 2000 Volume 36 Number 6

ALISON TANG
A Profile

Alison is one of those classic potters, She's self-taught, worked her way through public
studios and workshops inte her own studio, and is keenly interested in developing her
own style. She has moved away from clectric firings and bugle ber own wood kiln on ber
property. Her work is inspired by a Japanese Bizen aesthetic brought together with a
West Caast flare,

Her pottery 18 generally a toasty-warm brown lined with a soft omnge Shino. On some
pieces she has melted deposits of aqua glass, which lend a soft touch to the Wonderfully
rustic quality of the clay body she uses. Her teapot bundles are made of a type of grass
found inthe woods behind her house; the handles are designed by her husband Chis Gill,
a chemist and growing aficionada of clay.

Although she has been working with clay for abouteight years, she 1s just
beginning to market her work and is exploring new avenues of exposure.
She studied with various teachers in Santa Fe for four years and has been
inval ved in the Tozan finngsin Nanaimo, Alison wasalthe Made of Clay
Sale and Exhibition showing her work in Vancouver for the first ime.

Rachelle Chinnery

Samples of wort thar Alison Tang showed ar the recent Made of
Clay exhibilien and sole