Welcome to Dragonfly Pottery!

Like so many people who work with clay, it is the essential tactile experience, the very realness of molding clay, either by hand or on the wheel that was the initial draw for me.

My inspiration for handbuilding comes from the natural world. One of the very first raku tiles I carved is of a woman transforming into a tree. I handbuild raku seals, otters, rabbits, and when asked, make pet portraits of raku dogs and cats as figurines or as part of memorial urns or stoneware dog treat jars.

Many horsehair and feather vases, lamps, jars and baskets include the feather imprints of our Canada goose, and other mystery feathers that I find on our walks.

In 2002 I become a full time potter and joined a group of professional potters, and in 2003 opened our gallery, Pyromania Pottery in Coombs BC.

I am inspired on a daily basis by my fellow artist and husband Christopher M. Smith of Glaskrafter Art Glass, with whom I share a home as well as our Phoenix Gallery of Glass and Ceramic Art in Lantzville BC