Amelia Butcher

Vancouver-based maker Amelia Butcher is a founding member of the Dusty Babes collective, a graduate of ECUAD and community arts educator.

Amelia will be presenting her thrown and altered forms, hand-building and surface treatments.

Artist Statement

“Sculpture, figuration, illustration and pottery swim together very freely in my practice. I think of my artistic practice as one of a maker, led by craft and material, influenced by semi-autobiographical and observed narratives. I started in comics and ended up in ceramics, led by the resonance of materials and curiosity about process. I look for connections and make narrative vessels where larger observations and concerns become crystallized, condensed into a human-scale artifact.”

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Canadian Clay Symposium

The Canadian Clay Symposium is a one day event held every 2-3 years at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, featuring 10 Canadian and international ceramic artists who demonstrate, discuss and present their work to pottery students and professionals.

Canadian Clay Symposium

STOKED!

Saturday, March 25, 2023, 9am - 5pm

Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Burnaby, BC, Canada

If you post images on Social Media, please hashtag us at #ccs2023

Volunteers are an integral part to the success of our Canadian Clay Symposiums! Receive a complementary registration in return for your half day of helping out during our event. Priority usually goes to Ceramic students but let us know if you have any special skills we may need!

Please contact info.canadianclay@gmail.com if you are interested in volunteering.

Calling all BC Potters! We are looking for donations of mugs for our mug wall set up at the Canadian Clay Symposium. Please bring your donated cup or mug to our table, and purchase a unique, BC-made mug for $20, cash only. Proceeds will go to the Maureen Wright and other scholarships to assist BC Potters.

We are grateful to have the Canadian Clay Symposium take place on the ancestral and unceded homelands of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Sníchim speaking peoples