beyond pottery member Works
At Beyond Pottery, our studio is home to a vibrant and diverse community of talented ceramic artists. Our Member Showcase highlights the incredible work created by our studio members, from functional pottery to sculptural art. Each piece reflects the unique creativity, skill, and passion of our artists, showcasing a wide range of styles, techniques, and inspirations.
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We invite you to explore their work, celebrate their craftsmanship, and support our growing community of makers. Whether you're looking for a one-of-a-kind piece to add to your collection or simply want to be inspired, this space is dedicated to sharing the beauty of handmade ceramics.
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Interested in becoming a member and having your work featured? Learn more about our Studio Membership Program.
Maj Stuve
Murphy Cat Creations
My pottery is a fusion of my diverse heritage. Inspired by my South African roots, my pieces feature handbuilt organic shapes and feature vibrant colours and simple patterns , created with vivid underglazes. I value beauty and functionality over perfection.
My European background also influences my work, featuring more classical designs with silk-screen prints of Canadian forest animals adding a unique touch .
Eshita Ravuvari
My work explores the intersection of contemporary pop culture and traditional ceramic art. By incorporating themes from comics, manga, and pinup, I aim to recontextualize classical ceramic forms with modern, playful imagery. Each piece is hand-painted, or decorated, allowing me to merge the tactile nature of ceramics with bold, graphic illustrations. I carefully blend the fluidity of traditional techniques with the vibrant, narrative-driven aesthetics of contemporary art, giving new life to age-old mediums. My process is grounded in a deep respect for the craftsmanship of ceramics combined with a graphic design ideation, ensuring every design is both unique and expressive. This fusion of old and new creates an intriguing dialogue between heritage and creativity.
Shahrzad Amin
Shahrzad is an award-winning interdisciplinary artist. She creates socially engaging art pieces that invoke thoughts and encourage conversations about socio-cultural issues that surround us. Shahrzad makes original pieces that truly move people to feel intense emotions. Her interest in fundamental social issues such as democracy, human rights, equality, and migration has informed an art practice examining diasporic and socio-cultural subjectivities through the lenses of art practice, sensory ethnographic filmmaking, architectural design, gender, and language. Her works highlight a social openness and necessity for global international connectivity, by applying the historical eastern architectural figures such as arch bridges as a metaphor for overcoming cultural distances. She obtained a BFA from Tehran University of Art in 2010 and an MFA from OCADU in 2020.
Amanda Ferreira
Ravenworks Pottery
Cas Bolland
Cas Bolland is a ceramicist whose practice is rooted in the creative transformation of emotions into functional and sculptural artworks. Inspired by the ebb and flow of love and loss, Cas seeks to record and respond to the passage of time. Cas routinely teaches introductory pottery courses in Hamilton and Oakville. She received an Honours Bachelor of Arts and Sciences in Psychology and Biology from the University of Guelph, and she is currently pursuing a Graduate Diploma in Art Therapy from the Toronto Art Therapy Institute (TATI).
Yvette garcia-Mier
As a ceramicist with a background in interior design, project management, and marketing, Yvette Garcia-Mier draws inspiration from texture and the structured repetition of fabric patterns, which influence the tactile and visual elements of her work.
Her pieces are inspired by textures and patterns from around the world, as well as the organic beauty of nature. She embraces the imperfections inherent in handmade pottery, celebrating the unique character of each piece over the uniformity of mass production.
Yvette uses a mix of wheel-throwing and hand-building techniques. Block print designs and layered textures and patterns created with coloured slips, underglazes and transfers play a significant role in her designs, allowing her to incorporate depth and a tactile quality that enhances both the visual and functional aspects of each piece.
lauren sinett
Lauren has been teaching art in public schools and community based organizations for 13 plus years.She has formal art education in various techniques and mediums but her focus has been in ceramics and contemporary jewelry metalsmithing.
In 2013 she obtained a bachelor's degree in Art and minored in psychology and interdisciplinary studies from FGCU.Her academic artwork explores and challenges social constructs and reflects on how they impact and shape her identity and greater society.Her passion has been to use the therapeutic aspects of art making to help others heal, and to create art that addresses social issues like mental health, environmental sustainability,and sexism.
These interests led her to study Expressive Art Therapy, obtain a Bachelor's degree in Social Work and pursue a Masters degree in Social Work.
