Ceramics on Cortes Island, British Columbia - Born in the Netherlands, Ester Strijbos went on a world trip after finishing her studies (Graphic Design). She made her final move to Canada in 2001 to enjoy the beauty of nature and the vastness of space. A year later she was introduced to clay, and immediately realized it would make a huge impact on her life.

Tuesday

Tasmanian potters

Whatever you do: don’t travel to Tasmania to visit potters. (We went to visit/research gardens and found plenty, but I was hoping to find some potters along the way)

Rynne Tanton and Bernadine Alting run Underwood Pottery. They were extremely kind, and showed us around their (huge) workspace/gallery. It was so nice to meet potters that are making their living with pottery, and loving it. He is definitely a production potter, and is good at it. His crystal pots are beautiful! She took the time to show us around the next day in the studio at TAFE where she runs the ceramic department.

Meeting them was one of my favorite moments of our trip.