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James Atwood

Ceramics from Vancouver

I want my pieces to have their own personality, and to be selected from the cupboard on mornings when the mood calls for them.

James Atwood

I am a lifetime Vancouver-dweller who began with clay in 2022 by taking a beginner class for fun, which has extended into a drawn out pursuit of the perfect mug. I enjoy the process of shaping a boring blob of mud into a fun three-dimensional object that I dreamed up, and that will last for 1000 years (provided nobody drops it). I make small batch designs and one-offs as the mood strikes, enjoying the quiet analogue time in the studio where goopy hands deter phones and screens. Outside of clay I have worked with digital media in various capacities since 2008. I've been selling my creations in a community clay studio, at craft fairs, and online.

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