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Lori Elling

Ceramics from Burnaby

My work remains driven by functionality, and the desire to connect through delight and the love of colour and texture.

Lori Elling

Since the early 1980s as a child on the Canadian prairies, I’ve been making objects in wood, textiles, paper, and various sculptural media. In the spring of 2022, I reconnected with clay through a wheel throwing class and have been making primarily in porcelain since then, exploring functional forms through handbuilding methods, and various techniques for surface design.While my approach to clay is primarily as a canvas, I always strive to harmonize my surface designs with considered forms. My work is largely slab built, with a strong focus on surface embellishments – custom designed embossing serves as a visual structure for a spectrum of vivid underglazes and glazes to play in.

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