Clay is my passion, decoration is my language.
Please see the current selection of my work below, be sure to hit the small arrow after "More pottery 2026>" (upper right) to see all of the work.
The holiday season is upon us. My schedule is much reduced this year, and this will impact the amount of work available. Shop early. Still coming for the end of November: sculptures & more pottery.
Find me Sundays at the Ottawa Farmers' Market, 10 to 3, beginning November 1 and running through to April. We are now in the Horticulture Building at Lansdowne Park while Aberdeen gets a much needed face lift. It's a very beautiful building and if you drive to Lansdowne you can actually take the elevator in to the hall from the parkade. Love it!
My store in Williamsburg is not open at this time. That may change in December. Call and check 613-816-9034.
Please appreciate that I am now semi-retired and no longer entertaining special orders. Enjoy!
Diane Sullivan, MFA
Pottery Collection 2026
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ARABESQUE POTTERY: THE BACKSTORY
My earlier work sought to decipher decoration’s meaning and relationship to our current world. In 1996, I created Arabesque Pottery, a studio line of functional and non-functional forms that complement my larger one-of-a-kind pieces. I make the work on the potter's wheel or by hand building slabs of clay then decorate when the clay is still wet either by carving in to the clay or applying a print transfer technique.
‘Arabesque’ literally means ‘arab-like’ and was coined by Europeans to define movements in the arts influenced by Islam. You’ll find an arabesque in poetry, dance, music and architecture. I am using it for the visual reference to an architectural detail known as an arabesque, or in layman’s terms, a ‘curlicue’, which you will find in a lot of my work. The arabesque suggests the beauty and continuity of life.
In 2006, I had the great pleasure of traveling to China for a residency. The result of that visit has been the return to larger scale sculptures, now incorporating figurative references. I still create a pottery line, now using underglaze transfers and decals for the surface decoration. Both the sculptures and the pottery have historical references to European and Asian ceramic history as well as everyday Canadian life.