Jennifer Wharton
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Jennifer Wharton
@jennifermwceramics.bsky.social
P O T T E R/ Outdoor Enthusiast

Treaty 7/Mohkínstsis/YYC/Calgary

New Brunswick College of Craft and Design, Banff Centre Alumni

Casual Studio Facilitator at National accessArts Centre (I ❤️ the disability community)
Little mug just going with the flow-Elbow Sheep Wildland Provincial Park, Alberta.

#slowmotion #pottery #stoneware #wheelthrown #outdoors #clay #albertawild #canadianceramics #mug
#canadianrockies #backcountry
June 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
More Pots in Parks, NW Calgary, Alberta. It’s fun to search for landscapes to pair with these little guys. This park is home to more red-winged blackbirds than I’ve ever seen in one place.
#pottery #potsinparks #wheelthrown #mugs #stoneware #plainsmanclay
#canadianceramics
June 6, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Pots in parks, Calgary, Alberta. Fingers crossed for my next batch of park bound pots-I dropped them off for glaze firing yesterday and I have a lot riding on this batch. First market in 5 years is in less than two weeks 😅
June 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Who would have thought even a few months ago that the first rock climb of the season for me would take place in Portugal? I’m definitely not sad about it. What an epic day of crashing waves and sweaty climbs! 😁🇵🇹

#climbing #seacliffs #portugal #anotheroneforthebooks #bestdayever #bestdayever
April 9, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Being back in business means having a little stash of gifts to give friends on special occasions again! This one was a birthday gift.

#pottery #wheelthrown #handmade #studiopotter #yyccraft #abcraft #albertapots #canadianceramics #finecraft #birthdaypresent #stoneware
April 7, 2025 at 12:39 AM
In the studio making more of these today. I love Plainsman M340s because of the warm speckles and how the colour of the clay makes the glazes appear more earthy

#plainsmanclay #pottery #mug #wheelthrown #handmade #canadianceramics #finecraft #studiopotter #functionalpots #abcraft #craftsperson
April 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
A couple of round bellied sodium silicate mugs in Plainsman M370 ready for the next bisque load

#pottery #sodiumsilicate #mugs #wheelthrown #studiopotter #plainsmanclay #finecraft #canadianceramics #m370 #canadianpottery #stoneware #workinprogress
March 30, 2025 at 3:45 AM
This little cutie is headed to her new home in Yellowknife. I’ve sent off a few pots over the past couple of days and 8 of them went home to the North Yesterday ❤️

#stoneware #pottery #ceramics #canadianceramics #wheelthrown #studiopotter #functionalceramics #finecraft #plainsmanclay #mug #handmade
March 29, 2025 at 3:41 PM
A fresh batch of mugs, first one in TWO years 😳. I’m pretty excited to be back at it!

#pottery #mugs #handmade #wheelthrown #finecraft #canadianceramics #studiopotter #plainsmanclay #freshpots #Potterysupplyhouse
March 29, 2025 at 1:19 AM
A fun day of mountain adventures in the Canadian Rockies ❤️

#mountains #iceclimbing #rockymountains #ilovewinter
March 12, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Pots and rocks have always been my favourite combination ❤️

#rocks #pots #wheelthrown #pottery #ceramics #canadianceramics #plainsmanclay
March 9, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Little evening bus ride to the West End to see MJ 🇬🇧❤️

#busride #timelapse #london #nightlife #doubledecker
February 26, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Sunset at Hyde Park, London
🦢🦢🦢🇬🇧❤️

#london #hydepark #sunset #swans #nature #birds #iloveithere
February 26, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Out of studio for a few weeks. Mostly spending my time in London, but just returned from an epic day of multi pitch ice climbing at Creag Meadaigh in beautiful Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 So incredible!

#scotland #mountains #multipitch #iceclimb #happycamper #creagmeadaigh #bestdayever
February 20, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Here’s a process video of how I create my mountains. Over my years of adventuring in the wilderness, I’ve collected natural objects that I like to use to recreate the landscape they came from.

#ceramics #pottery #process #wip #timelapse #finecraft #plainsmancmay #mountains #canadianceramics
February 16, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Plainsman M370 with sodium silicate texture. I love this combo.

#pottery #ceramics #wheelthrown #plainsmanclay #canadianceramics
February 7, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Working on teapots in the studio this week. I had to make a clay compromise, switching from a shorter, groggier clay that lends itself to beautiful crackle texture, to one more plastic and easier to assemble. Less texture, but a more refined end result.

#pottery #ceramics #wheelthrown #teapot
February 3, 2025 at 6:28 PM
A collection of previously completed works inspired by life in the Canadian Rockies.

#pottery #ceramics #mountainlife #wheelthrown #clay #canadianceramics
February 1, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I’ve been revisiting my all time favourite process in the studio recently. I use objects found in nature to recreate the landscapes I collected them from. I developed this method while living in Banff, where I spent four years mostly either making pots, or climbing mountains. What a life that was!
February 1, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Currently working on a series of teapots in the studio. I’m aiming for 5, and hoping to submit my best 3. This is so wild, I haven’t done this in 10 years! Today I tackle lids, spots, tea leaf strainers and handles. Yay!

#pottery #ceramics #wheelthrown #canadianceramics
January 31, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I was inspired recently by a call for a show to design a mug featuring my best boy, Teddy Beans. While I can’t work out kiln rentals fast enough to make the deadline, this was a super fun endeavour that encouraged me to think outside the box, and now I can take Teddy with me wherever I go!
January 31, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Jumping back into my pottery journey after taking a few years to sort my life out. It’s good to be here, even though I’m still trying to understand how this platform works. For the next little while you’ll see mostly works in progress, as I’m working towards my first kiln load in an eternity!
January 31, 2025 at 5:32 PM