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Bio:

Zoë Pinnell is a ceramic artist practicing and teaching at the Hamilton Craft Studios. Residing in Toronto, she is originally from London, Ontario, where she was exposed to ceramics in her highschool art program. Fresh from high school, she attended NSCAD University but returned to Ontario to attend Sheridan. Zoë has been awarded Best in Show at the Gardiner Museum, Medalta Residency Award, The Pottery Supply House Award, The Joan Bennett Award, Fusion Clay and Glass Best Functional, and worked as a studio assistant in Nova Scotia. She is recent alumni of Harbourfront Centre where she practiced for 2 years.
 

 

Statement:
"My work consists of sculpture and functional hand-built objects that are decorated with colourful glazes, slips, and illustrations. I am influenced by historical patterns, Floriography, Victorian symbolism, tchotchke objects, and floral motifs. The cycle of life and death taking place in the garden offer inspiration for the ways in which plants and animals grow and interact in my work. At the end of their life cycle, garden creatures are held within these beautiful beds of flowers and earth, only to grow once again on my pieces."