Mounted pottery plaque, Kim Bruce
Mounted within a handmade teak frame, this hefty yet elegant handformed pottery plaque is an excellent example of mid century brutalist pottery form.
Collaborative art piece Kim Bruce together with artist Mara Hofmann.
Kim Bruce created functional pottery, cups and bowls, which can be the literal bread and butter of a potter’s life. But she also made some sensational, monumental art pottery, playing with heavy brutalist chunky design as well as finely finished decorative forms.
Kim Bruce was interned as a toddler with her Japanese-Canadian family near Revelstoke, BC during the second world war. She attended university in BC but moved to Alberta in the early 1960s. She was an instructor at the Banff School of Fine Arts and exhibited her pottery continually through the 1970s in Alberta. Some of her shows are listed below. Her pottery appeared sometimes solo, sometimes in conjunction with acclaimed artists.
In 1972, The Calgary Albertan published a short article about her:
“Kim Bruce, a young Japanese ceramist who married a Scottish boy. The couple live right here in Calgary, a former instructor at the Banff School of Fine Arts, Kim’s a perfectionist and allows none of her work to be exhibited unless it meets her own high standards of excellence.”
21.5” x 17.25”
Excellent condition.
Please contact for shipping options and prices. It is heavy.
Mounted within a handmade teak frame, this hefty yet elegant handformed pottery plaque is an excellent example of mid century brutalist pottery form.
Collaborative art piece Kim Bruce together with artist Mara Hofmann.
Kim Bruce created functional pottery, cups and bowls, which can be the literal bread and butter of a potter’s life. But she also made some sensational, monumental art pottery, playing with heavy brutalist chunky design as well as finely finished decorative forms.
Kim Bruce was interned as a toddler with her Japanese-Canadian family near Revelstoke, BC during the second world war. She attended university in BC but moved to Alberta in the early 1960s. She was an instructor at the Banff School of Fine Arts and exhibited her pottery continually through the 1970s in Alberta. Some of her shows are listed below. Her pottery appeared sometimes solo, sometimes in conjunction with acclaimed artists.
In 1972, The Calgary Albertan published a short article about her:
“Kim Bruce, a young Japanese ceramist who married a Scottish boy. The couple live right here in Calgary, a former instructor at the Banff School of Fine Arts, Kim’s a perfectionist and allows none of her work to be exhibited unless it meets her own high standards of excellence.”
21.5” x 17.25”
Excellent condition.
Please contact for shipping options and prices. It is heavy.
Mounted within a handmade teak frame, this hefty yet elegant handformed pottery plaque is an excellent example of mid century brutalist pottery form.
Collaborative art piece Kim Bruce together with artist Mara Hofmann.
Kim Bruce created functional pottery, cups and bowls, which can be the literal bread and butter of a potter’s life. But she also made some sensational, monumental art pottery, playing with heavy brutalist chunky design as well as finely finished decorative forms.
Kim Bruce was interned as a toddler with her Japanese-Canadian family near Revelstoke, BC during the second world war. She attended university in BC but moved to Alberta in the early 1960s. She was an instructor at the Banff School of Fine Arts and exhibited her pottery continually through the 1970s in Alberta. Some of her shows are listed below. Her pottery appeared sometimes solo, sometimes in conjunction with acclaimed artists.
In 1972, The Calgary Albertan published a short article about her:
“Kim Bruce, a young Japanese ceramist who married a Scottish boy. The couple live right here in Calgary, a former instructor at the Banff School of Fine Arts, Kim’s a perfectionist and allows none of her work to be exhibited unless it meets her own high standards of excellence.”
21.5” x 17.25”
Excellent condition.
Please contact for shipping options and prices. It is heavy.