Erin Roundsky
I love the feeling of clay moving through my hands while I’m throwing, and being able to manipulate it into something that has a function. I want my work to be useful and used by whoever owns it. There is a connection made between a person and an object when it is involved in someones everyday life. As a maker, I have the opportunity to make something that has meaning to others in a way that I will never truly know. Objects have the ability or power to create associations through the feelings, memories, and experiences we have with them, and it is so special to be apart of that. My work seeks to reveal and explore the relationships between human and object.
Experience
Potter
The Ye11ow Studio, Picton ON
2022- Current
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Wheel Throwing production pottery, all types of forms and vessels in groups of 15-40 with precision and consistency
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Engaging with costumers in person and online
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Studio maintenance: fixing and running kilns, organizing, cleaning, ordering materials, ect.
Artist Assistant
EJDesign, Scotland UK
2020-2022
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Applying specific paint and texture to canvas and prints
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Assisting in sales and marketing
Potter's Assistant
The Ye11ow Studio, Picton ON
2019
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Wedged and weighed out clay
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Threw basic forms and shapes
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Attended markets for set up, selling, and take down
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Other business tasks, running errands
Artifact Mentor
Sheridan College, Oakville
2019
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Collaborating with other artists (furniture, ceramics, visual arts, writers)
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Ideated and created pieces based on written work within a tight time frame
Studio Assistant / Monitor
Sheridan College, Oakville
2017 - 2019
B.A in Craft and Design
Sheridan College, Oakville
2016 - 2020
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Worked with mixed clay and glaze
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Organized and cleaned the studio
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Practical knowledge in kiln firing
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Assist fellow students with studio work
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Being taught the ins and outs of the pottery world. Ex. glaze and clay tech, kiln firing, hand building, sculpture and throwing
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Gaining skills and knowledge in Ceramics as well as other craft disciplines (industrial design, furniture, glass, textiles)
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Learning Business, History, Marketing, Art Design, Drawing, Photography and much more
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Experience in working with clients and exhibition spaces
Exhabitions
Radical Feathers - Kawartha Art Gallery, Lindsay, ON
October 2023 (award winning)
Lucid - Gardiner Museum, Toronto, ON
November 2020
Homecoming - Kawartha Art Gallery, Lindsay ON
August 2020
Clay With You - Taoxichuan Art Centre, Jingdezhen, China
October 2019 (now in permanent collection)
Sheridan College Studio Exhibition - Oakville ON
2018 & 2019
TLDSB Juried Art Competition - Lindsay ON
2015