Selfridge Ceramic Art


Carol and Richard Selfridge


Tour of the Pottery Studio and Showroom

Past and Present




Our Edmonton home studio/
showroom on a sunny summer day
Carol models her "Young Grad"
"Absolut Selfridge" painting
Summer shaded front porch showroom


Winter afternoon, front porch showroom
Stoneware and porcelain on glass
shelving in porch showroom


Translucent porcelain in
showroom window
Front porch showroom in winter


Majolica in main floor
living room/gallery
Mix of stoneware and majolica
in living room/gallery
Face vases and thrown bowls
in dining room/gallery


Illusionistic majolica and woodfired
plates in front room/gallery
Dining room gallery, December, 2001


Dining room gallery, mid 1990's
Blue bunny woodfired basket
on dining room table


Amanda, Genevieve and Carol
in basement studio, circa 1982
Our three best productions,
daughters, Amanda, Genevieve and
Marion, on front walk circa 1984
Amanda, Richard and Genevieve
in basement studio, circa 1982


Richard and Genevieve at 20 in our
front hall/gallery, winter 2001
"Adam and Eve in the Garden Cubist
Vase", 25th annual summer
open house, 2000


"Amanda, Hot House Flower"
Carol's 2001 portrait
of Amanda, age 24


Bisque ware in our back porch,
(north light) painting area
A "family" of recently constructed vases drying
in our Edmonton studio before bisque firing.


Early 80's unloading of the two
chamber gas and wood kiln
The four hand process of pot
construction, 1995


Our backyard annual
"Party in the Yard", June 1993
Summer open house
back yard, 1993


Tatsuzo Shimaoka and Ken Matuzaki
in front of our two chamber gas and
woodfired kiln in 1983
Carol and Richard before unloading
the two chamber wood kiln, 1986
Mr. Shimoaka looking
into gaijin's kiln


Crackle glaze in the first chamber
of the cross draft/wood kiln,
December 2001
Woodfiring in second chamber, July 1996
Cool side of the gas fired stoneware
kiln with variety of crackle ware


Recent salt glaze woodfiring in
second chamber of old kiln
Cart half-way out on gas and
woodfired two-chambered kiln.

Summer open house portrait, 1997
Collectors choosing our work at
June "Party in the Yard", 1993


Urban view at our June "Party in the yard", 1993
The new coffin kiln in winter
viewed from our house


View of two-part counter weight and lid
in up position of coffin kiln in back yard
Kiln with lid up and safety bars in place after first
test firing, before addition of insulating castable
on wire mesh on exterior.


First chamber of gas and wood cross draft kiln, hot
side, celadons and porcelain, December 2001
Richard stoking the coffin kiln with
spruce slab wood, December 2001


Cool side of the first chamber
with crackle glaze, December 2001
First chamber gas firing, hot
side of car with translucent
porcelain and celadon glazes,
December 2001


Spring show at Scott Gallery, 2001
Carol's oil still life, majolica
plate and woodfired pieces
Spring show at Scott Gallery, 2001
majolica pieces



Friends drinking at summer open house
Garage as gallery wall


Woodfired work at open house


Flowers in "Cream Can Vase"
Summer view from the back steps

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