BIOGRAPHY
Current – Studio owner, Atelier Larose MTL, Montreal QC
I work mostly with clay slabs & coils. I apply textures via carving, stamps & found objects; and colours through underglaze layering, stained slips, resists & transfers. I explore natural themes through hand-cut stencils. I am pursuing two separate bodies of work; the first is colourful functional ware; the second is a series of sculptures based on Quebec Laurentians glacial erratics (boulders left behind when ice-age glaciers retreated) and the icebergs of the Canadian North.
Sculptor Pierre Klein and I plan to collaborate in combining his wood & rusted metal sculptures with my ceramics.
In summer 2022, I will join a group studio in the Lachine Canal Complex to have access to large kilns and develop a collection of glazes for my Erratics sculptures.
2019-2021 – Studio floater, Studio de céramique Alexandra, Montreal QC
2017-2019 – Wheel-throwing classes, Studio de céramique Alexandra, Montreal QC
RESIDENCIES
• April-May 2022 – Invited six-week self-directed residency at the John Bauer Ceramic Studio & Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa. During my stay, I built ten Glacial Erratic scale models; attended a weekend workshop on alternative firing techniques; made tiles for, and participated in, the 25th Porterville Mosaic Festival; taught a three-hour workshop on designing one’s own underglaze paper transfers; and had an exit solo exhibit at the Bauer Gallery in the Montebello Design Centre.
I also interviewed South African ceramic artists Sandile Cele and Lissa Classens for Ceramics Monthly. Finally, I visited several established pottery studios and galleries to learn more about their practices.
• Upcoming two-week residency, Sketch & Stretch: A Playful Approach to Handbuilding & Surface Design with Chandra DeBuse. Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine (31 July-12 August 2022).
• Upcoming two-week residency, Glaze Alternatives with Brenda McMahon. La Meridiana Ceramic School, Tuscany, Italy (11-24 September 2022).
TRAINING
• 26-29 May 2022 – Ceramics Congress – Focus on Australia (The Ceramics School)
• 9-10 April 2022 – Alternative Firing Techniques, weekend workshop with Lissa Classens and Alila Hofmeyr, Millstone Pottery, McGregor, South Africa
• 19 March 2022 – Silkscreen Stencils & Monotype on Clay with Jacinthe Loranger (Westmount Visual Arts Centre)
• 2 February 2022 – Layered Surfaces 2.0: Integrating Surface & Form with Naomi Clement (naomiclement.thinkific.com)
• 24-29 November 2021 – Ceramics Congress – Focus on Japan (The Ceramics School)
• 12-14 November 2021– Large scale hand-built vessels, with Elise Provencher (Westmount Visual Arts Centre)
• October-December 2021 – Professional Practices — Bootcamp for Artists, with Naomi Clement (naomiclement.thinkific.com)
• 16 October 2021 – Cover and Flow: Handbuilt Lids and Spouts with Sarah Pike (FrankArts.com)
• April-June 2021 – Abstract Painting for Beginners with Corina Kennedy (Westmount Visual Arts Centre)
• 27-31 May 2021 – Ceramics Congress – Focus on Canada (The Ceramics School)
• 8 May 2021 – Feel the Peel: Advanced Stencil Techniques with Diana Fayt (FrankArts.com)
• 2 March 2021 – Creating Layered Surfaces – Experimenting with Color and Pattern with Naomi Clement
• 30 January 2021 – Making Your Own Bisque Stamps with Sarah Pike (FrankArts.com)
• 26 January 2021 – Handle Extravaganza with Naomi Clement (Sonoma Community Center)
• 19 January 2021 – Handbuilt Plates with Naomi Clement (Sonoma Community Center)
• 15 August 2020 – Making a Stamped and Slab-Built Mug with Sarah Pike (FrankArts.com)
ME BERSHIPS
• Member of International Ceramic Artists Network (ICAN)
• Listed in the Canadian Potters’ Directory
• Member of the NDG Artists and Artisans neighbourhood group
MEDIA
• Paul Blais’s Potters Cast interview (invited) – Taking the Leap, episode 782
ThePottersCast.com/782
• Montreal Maker’s Market Maker Monday interview
montrealmakersmarket.com/post/maker-monday-lysanne-larose
