Gordon Hutchens earned his BFA, with Honours, from the University of Illinois. For 50 years he has been producing exceptional works of art and functional pottery at his studio on Denman Island, BC. Gordon has recently received the BC Achievement Foundation Award of Distinction, “In recognition of extraordinary creative accomplishment in applied art and design in British Columbia and around the world." Gordon has taught workshops from Newfoundland to New Jersey to Victoria.
Stoneware and porcelain mugs, yunomis, bowls, vases, lidded forms, that include Wood-fired, Soda-fired, Crystalline glazed and Lustre glazed. I blend my own clay bodies, formulate and mix my own glazes, create the pieces with my own hands, and designed and built 5 of my kilns. Only thing I don't make are the price stickers. I blend classical with contemporary forms, blending atmospheric firing with meticulously calculated glazes creating a personal body of work.
We respectfully acknowledge that the Filberg Festival takes place on the unceded traditional territory of the K'omoks First Nation, Gila 'kasla...Hay ch q'a'.
