Colette Beardall

Colette was bitten by the clay bug in 1990 when taking a parent and child clay course with her 4 year old daughter in Alberta. Since then she has been active in the clay community by teaching children’s classes in schools all over northern Alberta and now Ottawa since her move here in 2001.  She particularly likes working with children as the energy they have is contagious. She also teaches many outreach classes at local schools, and at her local community centre in the Metcalfe area.  She is thrilled to be teaching various children’s classes at the Gloucester Pottery School. She runs a home studio in Metcalfe where she focuses on her love of Raku and Sculpture and was recently featured in Steven Branfman’s book “Mastering Raku”. You can view her work at http://sandcastleclayworks.blogspot.com