I'm a potter with a fondness for words. I spent the better part of two days taking apart a typewriter so that I could press the keys into the flesh of the clay, recording my thoughts onto pots. I've collected a number of things that are used as stamps. These miscellaneous cast-offs are more precious than trimming tools and include antique letterpress blocks, pieces of retired machinery, and a caribou tooth from my adventures in the North. Together, the words and symbols become a story of my rhythm of making. Lessons, kindnesses, tattletales and laughs are highlighted using coloured slip beneath a clear glaze. These techniques come from a millennium of making, and applying them to modern functional porcelain pots is an exciting way of story-telling. It's incredibly personal this shared journaling, and what I'm finding is that the pots I write stir something in the people who use them. It's almost as if we've witnessed something together, like we share a great secret.
 
Contact: Shannon Merritt
   
Phone: 250-354-7575
 
Mailing Address:
306 Carbonate St, Nelson, BC V1L 4P2
 
Wheelchair accessible? No
Accessible meaning doors at least 32” wide, no threshold more than 1” high and no stairs or an elevator/lift available.
 
Website: www.sqmerritt.com
 
Business hours outside of the Culture Tour are: By appointment
 
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