Past Inductees:

Scott Barnim, artist/potter

“The first time I saw a potter working at the wheel I knew that was what I wanted to do. I was four years old at the time, and forty-five years later I still respond the same way to the process. The themes used in my decoration make references to my rural beginnings, whether it is in the garden, the woods, or on the water. My goal is to create work that is bright, lyrical, engaging and life affirming…pieces you can’t resist using.”

Sa Boothroyd, artist 

“Often I get my inspirations while I am biking. Here in Gibsons, BC, the hills are steep and boring so I escape into my imagination and explore any idea that will distract me from the task at hand. Then when I get back to my studio I try to turn that idea into an image. That is often easier said than done. I drink a lot of tea and that helps to keep me going when the painting is not doing what it should.”

Louise Bousquet, artist/potter 

“Ceramics are an expression of their times and their culture. I combine 1000-year-old techniques with contemporary processes to reflect life in the year 2000—its fashions, progress and, especially, its simplest everyday acts.”

Jamie Brick, artist/sculptor 

“Much of my childhood was spent rafting the shallow creeks that feed into the St Lawrence River, or exploring the woods that surrounded our house. Sitting high on a pine branch, or laying peering over the edge of a raft, feeling the hot summer sun on my back I would daydream of mermaids, nymphs and faeries. As an adult but a child at heart, I create the world that I once sought, limited only by my imagination.”

Bruce Chambers, furniture maker

“The timeless appeal of hand made heirlooms spiritually links one generation to another.” 

Lorraine Chien, artist  

“I can never really explain the love I feel for what I do. I don’t make bears for a living, but live to make bears.”

Kate Church, artist

“Where others would sketch or render an idea, I sense the emerging form. The movement or gesture is found inside my body as a language not in my imagination as most would assume.” 

Lucille Crighton, designer/handweaver

“Using the ancient art of handweaving, I create fabrics in rich and intricate colour combinations, from subtle to the sublime. I take great joy in designing special garments which are unique and loved by my clients.”

Francis & Jacey Culham, artists

“As artists, to have been shown the path of beauty is a gift. To walk that path with your life partner and best friend is a joy.”

David, Adam, Marilyn and Detlev Friese, furniture maker

“We take great pride in our traditional methods. Working in a variety of woods, all of our furniture is furnished by hand.”

Karyn Gingras, traditional milliner

“My work provides me the life that I love. My life provides me daily adventures. These adventures nourish my life. How great is that? Greetings Hall of Famers!”  

Kevin Gray, glass artist

Kevin Robert Gray has enjoyed a successful glass career for over thirty years. His glass has been shown in many group and solo exhibitions internationally.

Robert Haché, lapidary jeweller  

“I transform silver and gold using different techniques depending on the inspiration I get from the beauty of rocks that have already been carved by myself or another artisan.”

Stephen Haigh, Marquetry Artist

"My work, through the medium of wood, has taken me to many places in my mind over the past 40 years. Perhaps it's just a habit now, but I still want to go to those places--from great stillness to great mystery--always learning. I think every craftsperson, in any medium, searches for a way to make these places of mystery visible."

Susan Harris, clothing designer

“My clothing is a combination of the natural world and old world charm. I create clothing that reflects the natural environment. I use nature imagery and bold text to construct my gently worn creations.”

Rudy Kehkla, artist/sculptor

“My sculpture is mainly composed of air. I use bits of wire only to define that part of air to which I want to draw my audience's attention. Minimal visual cues to assist the mind to define space, enclose volume, provoke mood or silently hear music or sound.”

Toan Klein, glass artist

“Nature is my partner in turning fire and sand into a beautiful work of art.”

Arieh Lobel, Jeweller

The pleasure and inspirations we have is seeing our jewellery creations being worn and loved by our clients. This makes us want to create more original and everlastring pieces. We are so grateful to be able to make our living by doing what we love to do, designing and making jewellery.

Derek & Tracey Martin, metal artists

“We have seen many changes in art, craft trends and business. Individually, we have pursued our separate personal artistic visions, but always maintained a collaborative relationship.”

Barry & Monica Shelton, artists  

“To paint is to remember, to realize and to affirm, more than to represent. Open metaphors, reverence for light, simplicity of form, point to an underlying unity of design and energy. I choose beauty and sharing through art.” – Barry Shelton

“In the sanctuary of my studio I interpret what I value, feel and see. Lived experience combined with inner reflection, inspires my art. My concepts and symbols are playful and enigmatic, offering ongoing surprise and happiness.” – Monical Shelton

Lori Skinner, woodcarver  

“I have a passion for birds and fish. As an artist I try and capture the elegant and graceful beauty of each subject I carve.”

Don Stinson, woodturner

“As Craftspeople we are usually solitary in our pursuits… Left with our thoughts to shape our work. Life experiences define our objects; vessels, canoes and kayaks define our country. A vessel is the symbol of the shared meal amongst the family.”

Annie Thompson, designer  

“To bring to life three dimensional textilian creations of beauty and usefulness for the body, the home and the richness of life. Best of everything to you.”

Betty Van der Voort & Larry Hall, woodworker 

“We have been intrigued with the amazing colours, textures and grains of wood from all over the world and have strived to make objects that are beautiful and pleasing. All the work is being done in old country church built in 1860 that is situated on an arboretum. It all adds up to a feeling that life is good.”

Lezlie Winemaker, glass artist  

“Glass is my passion and my obsession. I am so absorbed in each piece, that I am unaware of passing time. They are my meditations, deeply rooted in personal experience. My little treasures or amulets speak to the hopes, dreams and wishes we all have. To take a solid mass, heat it in the flame to liquid, then manipulate; sculpting, layering, blowing and stretching, then cooling and returning to solid. For me, molten glass is pure liquid possibility.”

Terry Wolfert & Teresa Fischer, artists 

“It is said that the hardness of peoples’ hearts drove the fairies from our land. With creativity and imagination, we endeavor to bring them back.”