Le Baron Studio & Vasilia Clayworks
Functional, whimsical Pottery & Sculpture
1-250-335-0198
Open Year Round - 4200 Beaver Rd
Drop in any time to view or by appointment to meet the artist. 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
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About Le Baron Pottery & Vasilia Clayworks Enter an enchanted world of clay where the creations of Le Baron Studio and Vasilia…
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About Le Baron Studio & Vasilia Clayworks
About Le Baron Studio & Vasilia Clayworks
About Le Baron Pottery & Vasilia Clayworks
Enter an enchanted world of clay where the creations of Le Baron Studio and Vasilia Clayworks are displayed in one magical location. The outdoor sculpture garden weaves goddesses and mythical into the forest of towering cedar and fir trees. Tour the rustic wooden buildings housing the galleries and pottery studio where you will find everything from a large stock of wheel-thrown plates, bowls and mugs to sculpted and hand-built whimsical animals, to mythical goddesses, creatures, masks, and feminine forms, created by veteran potter Bentley LeBaron and apprentice Vasilia Wees.
Visit between 10 a.m. and noon for a chance to view the artists at work in the studio!
Pottery and Sculpture
Themes of mythology, animals and nature are throughout a variety of mugs and bowls, busts, and ornamental works that include gods and goddesses, dragons, bears, cats, dogs, and fish.
Techniques
The artists use hand building, sculpture, and a potter’s wheel to create their art, fired in an outdoor brick kiln.
About the Artists
For more than 40 years, master potter, clay sculptor and painter Bentley LeBaron has been producing beautiful, functional tableware but is best-known for his dragons, ravens and other creatures.
Bentley lives with his wife, quilt artist Danni Crenna, on Denman Island.
- April 2012 Video Interview with Bentley LeBaron
- Written interview
- Article in The Beacon, Aprl 2011: Bentley LeBaron and the Great Mother Dragon
Vasilia Wees has been apprenticing with her father-in-law, master potter Bentley LeBaron for the past two years since she moved to Denman Island with her husband David and their two sons from New York City.