Embrun Pottery

STORE HOURS AT THE POTTERY 2012

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Please Note

If you can't make it to the pottery during my store hours posted below, you can call me at 613-443-2329, or email me at gdunning@sympatico.ca.

I live above the store and 'with a bit of notice', I can usually open the store at a time that is convenient for you.

Thursday - Saturday

February 16 - 18

Open 12:00 - 4:00 each day

Sunday and

'Family Day' Monday

Feb 19 & 20

Open 12:00 - 3:00 both days

There is a google map with our location on our website.

embrunpottery.ca

613-443-2329

r.glen.dunning@gmail.com

5 small MULTI SLIP glaze hummus bowls. They come with a spreader included.

A SLIDE SHOW OF MY WORK

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Artist Statement: From the start of my career as a potter I have been inspired by the aesthetic philosophy espoused by the founders of the ARTS and CRAFTS movement.The Arts and Crafts Movement flourished from about 1880, and at its heart lay a concern for the role of the craftsman in society. The Arts and Crafts Movement sought authentic and meaningful styles for the 19th century and beyond, and was a reaction equally against the overly decorated Victorian style and also to the flood of cheap, badly designed and shabbily made products from the soulless factories that had sprung up throughout Britain, the result of the industrial revolution.

I find the philosophy and aesthetic aims of the Arts and Crafts movement as relevant now as they were over a hundred years ago. Today, cheap, badly designed and shabbily made ‘handicrafts” imported from China are flooding the market.

We continue to struggle to define the role of

the individual craftsman in our society but I believe that handmade, functional

and well designed objects for everyday use are as valuable and vital today as

they were a century ago.

The Embrun Pottery Showroom 1074 Notre Dame St. Embrun Ontario

Inside the showroom

Handbuilt pieces

Functional Ware

WEDDING REGISTRY

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WEDDING REGISTRY BLOG

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Porcelain Teapot

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Porcelain Teapot, multi slip glaze, $98.00

Detail of Porcelain Teapot, multi slip glaze.

A Brief Biography

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Glen Dunning
The Embrun Pottery
1074 Notre Dame St., Box 1204
Embrun,Ontario, K0A 1W0
CANADA
613-443-2329

D.O.B. Sept 9, 1948, Ottawa, Canada

Glen Dunning studied pottery at the Holland College School of Visual Arts in Charlottetown Prince Edward Island, Canada, 1971-73.

He returned to his home province Ontario, to join 3 friends at the Crossroads Craft Co-op, located at 1242 Wellington St. in Ottawa. Glen worked at Crossroads from 1973 till 1979, producing & selling wheel thrown functional pottery.

From 1979-81 Dunning worked as a technical advisor to the Dep't of Rural Deveopement, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, Africa under the auspices of C.U.S.O., helping to set up local pottery industries.

After his tour with C.U.S.O., Dunning and 2 friends drove a landrover north from Nigeria, through Niger, across the Sahara Desert, and continued north through Algeria to the capital city of Algiers on the Mediterranean coast. They then continued on north across the Mediterranean, through France, across the Channel to Dover, and then on to London.

After returning from London to Ottawa, Dunning spent 10 years working with a large private not-for-profit housing corporation.

In 1991 Dunning returned to his true "ouvrage", Pottery, and set up a studio in the village of Embrun, located a short drive south-east of Ottawa, where he produces wheel thrown functional porcelain tableware.

HOW TO GET TO OUR STUDIO

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If you are traveling from Ottawa we are a short drive to the south east of the city. Take the 417 east, and exit at Rockdale Rd., exit #88. Follow rue St. Guillaume to Embrun, about 10 km, and when you see the large Ford Dealership turn left onto rue Notre Dame. We are located at 1074 rue Notre Dame, just a bit past the church, about 3.7 km from the Ford dealership. Look for our sign.

If you are traveling from Montreal exit at the Limoge Rd exit, follow the signs to Embrun. We are located at 1074 Notre Dame St., about 5 km from the Limoge exit, just a bit past the graveyard, but before the church, on the river side of the road.

Map

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Map

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A few photos of my work

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Wine cooler and 4 wine cups, Fancy free green pattern, $108.00 CAD the set

Teapot, approx 40 fl oz, Porcelain, Fancy Free Green Pattern, $98.00 CAD

Coffee Mug approx 12 oz., Flowers pattern, $20.00 each

Wine cups, Flowers pattern, approx 7 oz., $17.00 each

Dip Dish & Plate & Spreader 11 inches diam $59 "Multi Slip" Glaze

Salad Bowl 10.5 inches diam $69 "Multi Slip" Glaze

Wine Pitchers 750 ml & 1 litre $69 & $79 "Multi Slip" Glaze