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Lysanne Larose🇨🇦
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Ceramicist. Sculptor. Writer. 2024 Clay Cohorts alum. Member of the Goregama wood firing collective. Can curse in Canada's two official languages. Rep'd by Foster Gallery, Qc - www.atelierlarose.ca
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🇨🇦 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: FRAGMENTS. TerraTerre is a new curated show of ceramic sculpture in #Canada. Applications: 05-01-26 to 15-02-26. The jury will award 3 monetary prizes at the opening: terraterre-biennale.blogspot.com

#CallForSubmissions #ContemporarySculpture #CanadianArt #CanadianCeramics
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: FRAGMENTS. TerraTerre is a new curated biennial exhibition dedicated to showcasing contemporary ceramic sculpture in Canada and fostering greater visibility for this art form. Applications will open January 5, 2026, and close February 15, 2026. During the April 22 reception, three prizes will be awarded by the jury. APPEL À CANDIDATURES: FRAGMENTS. TerraTerre est une nouvelle biennale commissariée dédiée à la sculpture contemporaine au Canada et à la promotion d'une plus grande visibilité pour cette forme d'art. Les candidatures ouvriront le 5 janvier 2026 et fermeront le 15 février 2026. Lors du vernissage le 22 avril 2026, trois prix seront remis aux œuvres primées par le jury.
November 6, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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Plz share: TerraTerre, a new curated biennial exhibition dedicated to Canadian ceramic sculpture. FRAGMENTS is our inaugural theme for our call for submissions. Open to Canada's ceramic artists! Submissions: 5/01/26-15/02/26. Show: 22-27 April. See terraterre-biennale.blogspot.com #CanadianCeramics
TEXT says: FRAGMENTS - ceramic sculpture EXPO de sculpture céramique Call for art / Appel à oeuvres d'art. terraTerre-biennale.blogspot.com IMAGE: broken mirror lying in shards on the ground reflects an arm with pointing index aimed at the title FRAGMENTS and a blue sky beyond.
October 6, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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And some static views too.
A white wall with about 20 ceramic works, and a shelf with three more. They all look like bits of colourful machines. It's a little post-industrial, a little sci-fi, a little "magical realism" but with lots of rusty looking things (all clay, very little actual metal) A white wall with about 20 ceramic works, and a shelf with three more. They all look like bits of colourful machines. It's a little post-industrial, a little sci-fi, a little "magical realism" but with lots of rusty looking things (all clay, very little actual metal)
July 4, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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Installed my works at 1001 Pots today, and felt quite proud of how everything just hangs well together. The show runs July 4-August 17, 2025, in Val-David, Québec, & showcases over a 100 potters & ceramicists. I'll be in the galery! www.1001pots.com?lang=en

#Canada #Quebec #Art #Ceramics
July 4, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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Planning my wall display for 1001 Pots' 36th annual show, which runs Friday, July 4 - Sunday, August 17, in Val-David, QC.

My display will be in the gallery (right side of the path to the main grounds). If you're in the Laurentians, come visit and take a look: there's over 100 ceramicists on show.
About 20 wall ceramic sculptures; they look like bits of machines that do not have a clear and apparent function. The background is a faux-faded indian carpet. My house is messy, yes, yes it is.
June 30, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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A turning dial of some kind... I'll probably make the dial red or orange, and the bit underneath looks like a good candidate for Pinnell's weathered bronze. I continue to delight in adding moveable bits to my compositions.
June 20, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Photos from last weekend's wood firing. We camped, cooked over a fire, bantered, burned about a cord of wood over 34 hours & toasted the finish with saké. Gratitude to the early morning crew who started it at 2 AM & to the night crew who babysat it overnight (and fretted while it was stalling) xoxo
Robin tossing wood into the kiln, as I hold the door. We're wearing suede jackets and coats, and she's wearing googles and a face shield, because this is HOT WORK. Me and Joan after breakfast, sitting in camp chairs and watching the action from below an awning. The back of the kiln shed in the morning, with firing spitting out of the chimney. Robin continues to toss wood in for another stoke while I hold the door of the kiln aside.
June 18, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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Another #Metallic from the most recent glaze firing. Not _entirely_ pleased with the blue underglaze on the "H-beam" section; further thought needed. Still, I'm happy the red stirrup thingmie still rotates inside the blue ring thingmie (I speak advanced technical jargon, y'all).

#Sculpture
a piece of ceramics that looks likes a piece of machinery. It's a half cylinder, cut lenghtwise, with a red stirrup handle that can flip side to side. There are black and yellow chevrons on either side. It can be hung up vertically, or horizontally. Heck, even diagonally if that's what razzes your berries. Background is pavement.
June 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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💦💧💦 The water-themed #Metallic came out pretty dang great! I'll do some touch-ups with acrylic inks to fix a spot or two that I don't like, and it'll be ready to wire up for hanging. The red tap still turns as well. I am pleased.

#ContemporarySculpture #CanadianCeramics #ClayArt #Ceramics #Canada
The front of a roundel wall-sculpture as seen on pavement. It has a red tap, a red-capped clean-out on the side, three water channels, and a water drop symbol in case it wasn't obvious enough this thing is about water in an industrialized or urban setting. Not shown on the side is a plaque with the molecular weight of water on it, as an Easter Egg. Several of my works have Easter Eggs, actually. It's a little fun thing I do to amuse myself while I work.
June 3, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Glazing pots outside for a wood firing. Oh! The freedom to splash, drip & make a mess is so liberating! It also makes me feel connected to the long tradition of pottery around the world, often done out of doors. In case you're wondering, I'm testing out a Malcolm Davis carbon trap shino.

+ cat tax
A wooden board covered with news paper set in a driveway. It holds six pots that have been splashed and dripped with glazes; my hand holding a brush hovers over a bucket of gray coloured glaze (that glaze should be dark green after firing) The top view of the splashed bowls and plate on the wooden board with newspaper. Background is asphalt. Why yes, this is a messy process, as the white splashes on my jeans will attest. This orange cat is not taking me seriously, at all. (he's yawning, but he could also be laughing his fuzzy ass off).
June 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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June is Pride Month and I identify as an LGBTQ+ ally.

It's among my core values that love is love, and that folks of all walks of life, gender identification and sexual preferences should able to thrive, to live their lives safely, free of harassment, hatred, assault, or worse. Be an ally too!
Text reads "June is Pride Month" on a rainbow background, with stars on the left and a LGBTQ* flag on the upper right.
June 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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This little bouquet of spirea boughs (which I banged into a vase after giving the bush encroaching on the front steps a hasty clip) is such a delight today.

#Flowers #Spring #Spirea #Bouquet #Vignette
A naïve bouquet of "bridal veil" spirea boughs arching out of a cylinder vase rests on a black surface. There's a trinket dish next to it. Behind is a green lamp with a white shade, a black speaker, and a mellow yellow wall hung with a painting.
May 30, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Another #Metallic destined for the next glaze kiln. In case it's not obvious enough, this one's about water. 💦

#ContemporarySculpture #ClayArt #CanadianCeramics #Ceramics #Art
May 28, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Applying underglaze to a bisqued piece. Lots of fiddly corners and nooks to reach into. After that, there was lots of messing around with iron and manganese oxide washes to give it a "fresh from the junkyard" look.

Hopefully it'll make it into a glaze kiln next weekend!
May 27, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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I'm girding myself to glaze some pots for the upcoming woodfiring. I've got a few more buckets to sieve + check for specific gravity. I like planning + making glazes, but I HATE applying them in general (because I'm shite at it).

Also, here's a cat tax to atone for my whingeing.
My studio workbench with several bisqued mugs, bowls, and boxes ready for glazing, mostly made with white clay bodies. There's a clutter of tools behind, all attached to the pegboarded wall. A fluffy, majestic orange cat looking up; his nose is freckled, his whiskers are bristling, and he looks like the total goober that he is. He sits on a green blanket. I'm too lazy to describe the rest of the mess in my home, so deal with it.
May 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Gratuitous toof photo for #Caturday.

#Cat #OrangeCat #MarmaladeCat #GingerCat
Close up of a sleeping pale ginger cat, photographed upside down. He has a big round face and one of his fangs is peeking out. It's just too dang cute. He's napping in a cardboard box lined with a colourful blanket.
May 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Got this #Metallic back from the studio's last glaze load. I'm pleased with how it came out. The lid didn't get stuck & still slides side to side! As always, these wall pieces can be installed in any desired orientation, and combined with other Metallics.

#ContemporarySculpture #CanadianCeramics
Vertical half cylinder in brown, textured, ceramic that looks rusty. There's a two-way yellow arrow on the left, and five red stripes on the left. There's a long narrow box inserted down the middle, with a yellow sliding lid, and a red bottom with black spots. It's about 16 inches tall. Vertical half cylinder in brown, textured, ceramic that looks rusty. There's a two-way yellow arrow on the right (more visible), and five red stripes on the right (not very visible). There's a box inserted down the middle, with a yellow sliding lid, and a red background with black spots.
May 20, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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I finished this #Metallic together. It's now drying on the studio's bisque rack. I've really gotten into making playful sculptures that have moving parts; that way, folks can interact with them, not just look at them.

#ContemporarySculpture #CanadianCeramics #ClayArt #Art #ContemporaryCeramics #MTL
May 16, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Here, have a cute kitty, because I was so focused today on making art that I completely forgot to document my process.

Plus, I think folks generally prefer cat photos to photos of post-industrial magical-realism art in the making. Cats are just so relatable.

#CuteCat #OrangeCat #CatScrolling #Cat
A pale strippey orange cat asleep on his back, and a bit twisted to the right. Theres's a gray and white cushion on his left, and a colourful throw on this right. The couch he's napping on is anthracite gray. That's one fucking nice kitty right there.
May 15, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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I began the day carefully fabricating components for a composition I had in mind for this half-pipe #Metallic piece, annnnnnd I ended up going in another direction 😂!

Now I'm plotting a rotating attachment that fit inside the opening. Who knows how _that_ will turn out!

#ClayArt #Art #Sculpture
A wall sculpture made of red-brown clay. It's a long half cylinder with a raised round opening supported by tiny H beams. I don't know how else to describe it! A wall sculpture made of red-brown clay. It's a long half cylinder with a raised round opening supported by tiny H beams. I don't know how else to describe it!
May 14, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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This lad was looking extra regal in the morning sunshine. 🐈

#cat #orangecat #marmaladecat #gingerboi #gingercat #oneorangebraincell
A long-haired orange cat looking to the right. He has green eyes that are half closed, and a pink nose with black speckles. He looks quite regal.
May 8, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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The Secret Architecture of Things: I made a low plinth to accompany a piece of mine.
A low plinth made of textured red-brown clay, at the green stage. The texture is meant to evoke wood. It's about 32 cm long, 24 cm wide and 5 cm high. The piece is show diagonally. It sits atop of a piece of black cloth. There's a turquoise and white plastic in the back, and some crumpled plastic. Showing off the grid of braces I've installed on the underside to keep the surface from sagging during firings. Underside is divided into 8 rectagles by strips of clay. It's atop some black fabric and a sheet of plastic.
May 6, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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Here, have a cute cat to interrupt and brighten your doomscrolling.

#CatScrolling #GingerCat #OrangeCat
Mochi the pale ginger cat. He has a pink nose, and he sleeps veryvery hard. When he plays, he plays veryvery hard. When he... anyways, you get the picture. This cat does nothing by half measure. He's also pretty dang bright for an orange.
May 5, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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The Secret Architecture of Things: I started a new half pipe sculpture this week. I brace my forms to keep them as stiff as possible so the result looks like a piece of pitted, rusted machinery. At first, the underside often looks more interesting than the blank canvas I've made.
#ProcessShot #Clay
Front side: a rather bland textured partial cylinder, which will be worked on and modified later. Underside of the cylinder, with five braces to keep the form from spreading or warping, and also to run a wire through for hanging later. Top and bottom edges are also thickened for a heftier look.
May 2, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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🇨🇦 Yesterday, I stood up for Canadian #democracy as a deputy returning officer at a polling station. It was intense, and I was so tired at the end and so proud. Our team worked hard to serve everyone who came to vote. If you doubt Canada's voting system, sign up as an election worker next time.
Two training booklets for a Deputy Returning Officer working for Elections Canada. They are resting on a green blanket.
April 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM