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2025 Press Release

This year features eight studio locations and nine potters. Well-known Denman potters Tom Dennis and Gordon Hutchens have been part of the tour since its inception. They are joined by Lilac Sun Pottery, Sandra Shaffer, Ember Blair Hutchens, Gilded Petunia Pottery, Linda Adair and newcomers Claire Kennedy and Sarah Graeme.

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Articles

Island Arts Magazine – May/June 2025 (page 20)

PAST YEARS

Island Arts Magazine – May/June 2024

Island Arts magazine – May/June 2023

The Flagstone – May 2023

The Islands Grapevine – May 18, 2023

All Fired Up: Comox Valley Collective magazine, Vol. 23, 2020

Award-winning potter Gordon Hutchens may be in his seventies, but he’s still got plenty of clay to shape, students to teach, and ideas to pursue.

Lilac Sun Pottery: Gifts inspired by nature: The Islands Grapevine, July 2020

20 years after realizing her dream, Shirley Phillips of Lilac Sun Pottery talks about how Denman Island nature inspires her art, her legendary local pottery mentors, how the pandemic affected her, gift ideas and what’s new in the studio as she re-opens.

Lifetime Achievement Award for Denman Potter Gordon Hutchens: The Islands Grapevine, Dec. 2019

Denman Island master potter Gordon Hutchens has been honoured with an achievement award for his 46-year contribution to the British Columbia arts community.

Bentley Le Baron & the Great Mother Dragon: The Beacon, Aug. 2011

An interview with master potter Bentley Le Baron!

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Past Denman Island Pottery Tours

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