AND NOW FOR SOME- THING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT DEB TAYLOR August 7 - September 2 1999 mee? The artist af re opeing Saturday August 7 14:00 ~ | 6-00 Gallery of BC Ceramics 1359 Canwright Street Granville Island Vancouver, BC VoH SRT HM -659-5645 open daily 10:30- £7230 GALLERY OF BC CERAMICS EXHIBITION SCHEDULE 1994 July 3-August 5 Lawrie Rellane August 7-September 2 Deb Taylor Seplember 4-October 7 Kathryn O'Regan October 9-November 4 Suzy Birstein November 6-December | Terry Ryaly December 3-January 2 Stems and Steins: Guild Group January 2 - 3] Beat the Blues: Special 10% off WORK AND LEARN save money, gain work experience and learn the basies of studio management? Jeanne Sarich, Cloudflawer Clayworks, 69284 Palm Ave, Bumaby, 604-430-5380 July/August 1999 DEB TAYLOR In 1998, Deb Taylor was invited to submit drawings for two residential tile projects on San Juan Island, just south of Victoria. [twas challenging. The process of reading blueprints and understanding space when no physical structure existed plus the tech- nical demancds of predicting shrinkage rates was demanding. She devised methods to anticipate necessary openings for light fix- tures and drainage, and te create ble thal could weather well outdoors, She can now look back to the successful completion af the first installation. Later this year, she will finish details on the main residence and begin work on the smaller building. She acknowledges the Guild and the Gal- lery of BC Ceramics because twas through the Gallery exposure that she received the COMUMission, Deb's current work of lamps and tiled tables for the Gallery of B C Ceramics in August have been influenced by herrecent commussion and herdesigns reflect carved surfaces from previous works, She com- bines her own images with historical mo- tives used in kimonos and woodblock prints, When creating her own surface patterns, she uses a dragontly telescope to abstract areas of hertwo-dimensional work and then applies them to her works, Tiles, 1999, clay, slip and hand carved Between 1992-95, she studied drawing, painting and ceramics at North Island College in Courtenay, Wancouver Island, followed by a year of independent studies in all three areas. [t was a time where she produced copious amounts a work inter- spersed with the development of some very good friendships. Since thea she con- tinues her studies in ceramics, painting and photography at the Metchosin [nter- Potters Guild of British Columbia national Summer School of the Aris. In 1995 she exhibited a series of two dimensional, mixed media works focussing on the female form. Showing at the Arts Council Gallery in Nanaimo, she titled the series A Cunsing Array of Stents aptly reflecting her humour. Two years Jater, she exbibiied two-dimensional and ce- ramic sculpture in a four-person show on Tiles, 1999, clay, slip and hand carved Hornby Island. In 1998, she exhibited oi] paintings and ceramic sculpture at the Arts Alliance Gallery in Courtenay, followed by Clay Wark composed of coloured clay inlaid bot- ties at the Comox Valley Arts Council. This year, she showed her photo- graphs for the first time in Nanaimo at Artery Gal- lery. The images, based on a sernes of forks, are nowunder review by acard company for future Ameri- can publication and distri- bution. Deb's personal aesthetics and skills in different me- dia have provided a strong foundation from which she has quickly prixduced a large body of diverse works. She never ceases to challenge her percep- tions and indeed even enjoys the process, She says, “there is so much bo be done, so muchexcitement and experimentation that I will never be bored and will always be striving for that ‘something different.” Cover image: Tiler, 1999, clay, slip ard hand carved