Ursula Neufeld

primary medium
mosaic

location
winnipeg

find me online at
http://www.mts.net/~bunny21/MosaicArtDesigns.html

MCC member since 2008

what I love most about my craft
I love working with the many materials, textures and colours. The melding of each piece of glass, smalti, glass tile and beads. Mixing colours and then mixing just the right shades of grout to get the desired affect.

how I learned my craft

My techniques/methods evolved with a Mosaic course I attended one summer with Master Mosaicist Sonia King. She teaches all over the world so her knowledge is immense. To be able to spend a week learning and creating in front of a Master teacher brought my knowledge and inspiration to another level.

a favourite craft quote

"The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes." - Marcel Proust

best online resource

One of the best resources for a Mosaic artist is http://mosaicsandceramics.ning.com

PJ Anderson

primary medium
Earthenware.

location
Winnipeg, MB.

mcc member since
early 2009

what I love most about my medium
What I love most about clay is that I make things. No matter what else is going on in my life or the world around me I can, at the end of my day, take a deep breath and say, "Today, I created something new... I made something beautiful."

how i learned my craft
I studied at the University of Manitoba and have just finished my Honours year in Ceramics.

craft mentors
A few of my craft mentors are Grace Nickel, Alan Lacotvetsky ( both instructed me in first year, they made me love clay) and Magdalene Odundo, whose work I fall more in love with every time I see it.

recent projects
I have been in South Africa studying Zulu ceramics and interviewing potters for the last few months.