Don Clark

Bottle-Copper Blue Glaze, 2020, reduction fired porcelain

About the artist:

“I began my life in clay during high school in the early seventies. With the encouragement and direction from my art teacher, Stuart Aikman, I pursued a path in pottery after graduating high school. I studied and worked with Ron Roy at Centennial College from 1976 to 1979, and from 1980 to 1981, I apprenticed under Kayo O’Young, learning the discipline of egg shell porcelain. 

From 1982 to 1987, I taught continuing education classes in pottery at Central Technical School in Toronto. During the summer of 1985 I studied Raku pottery with two British Columbia potters, Mas Funo and Richard Tanaka. I maintained an independent studio from 1979 to 1991. During this time, I participated in many Craft Fairs and private studio exhibitions. I decided to pursue a career in health care in 1991, returning to potting in 2012.” – Don Clark