studio 5 : joan e. bakker
pottery, photography

Joan was born in Shawville in 1933, was married in 1953 and has two children. She is a graduate in anthropology at Carleton University, and retired in 1991 after a full career teaching elementary school.

Joan's longstanding love of photography moved from the chemical to the digital darkroom in 1998. Using Canon EOS 35 mm cameras and lenses, a Nikon Coolscan film scanner, Corel Photo-Paint software, and Epson 4000 Pro inkjet printers with pigment-based archival ink, she practices what she calls "fast-forward painting." Her preferred subjects are nature, landscapes, and people she finds in the Ottawa Valley and on travels to Mexico, Costa Rica, China, Scotland, South Africa, and elsewhere.

In 1993, Joan began her study of pottery with Peter Petersen. She has since explored handbuilding, wheel throwing, extrusion and firing techniques to shape works in a wide range of styles. Some show the influence of pre-Columbian culture and Ikebana. Her "salamander pots" and others with a "dancing man" motif are among her most popular. She has developed a special glaze using Shawville clay. Pieces molded out of clay slabs imprinted with the textures and patterns of doilies have also been very successful.

EXHIBITIONS OF PHOTOGRAPHS in 2007:

• June 25 to August 26, 2007: Village Inn, 921 Route 148, Shawville QC
• August 6 to September 3, 2007: Gigi's Café, 1259 route 148, Campbell's Bay, QC

EXHIBITIONS OF POTTERY in 2007:

• April 26-29, 2007: Ottawa Potter's Guild Spring Sale
• mid-November 2007: Ottawa Potter's Guild Xmas Sale

Contact/studio information:
C24 McLean Rd. | Shawville, Quebec | J0X 2Y0
819.647.5478 | 613.692.3654
john852@sympatico.ca

GPS coordinates (WGS84 datum): N45 38.456 W76 29.138

Wild Turkey House with Rainbow, photography, 17" x 23"

Paisley pots, pottery