International limited edition pieces now available.

Image of Linda Yates viewing "The Secret".

The 230 individual cups that formed the International craft work " Secret to the return of the cod" are now for sale at King's Point Gallery and Gifts. The complete 12 foot by 8 foot installation was last exhibited in Cheongju South Korea for the Unity and Diversity Exhibition, an invitational event coordinated by both South Korea and the Canadian Craft Federation in 2009.

image: label from the original "Merchant Vessel Show"

The piece was originally created for the "Merchant Vessels" exhibition held at The Rooms, the provincial Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador in St John's, NL, Canada. Gloria Hickey curated the 2008 group show and very kindly invited us to be a participant. The following year it was selected to be the gateway work for the Canadian Pavilion overseas in South Korea.

Image: Each salt soda fired cup features a capelin on the back!

We have been asked by customers for the past 5 years if we would be offering a chance to purchase a piece of the international craft work. This year we finally made the decision to offer it to our customers. We currently have less than 200 cups left (and expect it to be sold out by late summer)... So if you want a cup with a international NL story behind it, please do either contact us via email ( info@kingspointpottery.com ) or drop by our gallery here in King's Point, NL, Canada to get yours before they we are all sold out.

New work for March of Mugs, 2014

We are launching 3 new lines of work at the gallery show and sale curated by Alexis Templeton Gallery, the March of Mugs Show at the Quidi Vidi Plantation, St John's, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada. Running: Feb 28 - Mar 01 -Mar 02, 2014.

1. The first is the Tipton Tea Series. Inspired by both the innovative work of Alberta ceramic artist Barbara Tipton and the Newfoundland and Labrador love for tea. Here are a look at the first 3 in what we hope will be a long running series. (Those familiar with Ms Tipton will immediately see we are going in a decidedly different teacup direction from her very fine work.)

Tipton Teacup: inspired by antique Lipton teacup from the 1950's

and some very early 1980's work of Ms Tipton.

Fish Teacup: Newfoundlanders used to be called Fish and fish only refers to cod.

For us it is a bitter sweet cup as the NL fish were nearly destroyed by overfishing.

Beothuk Teacup: the Beothuk were race of people that 

used to live here in NL that are now very sadly extinct. 

Inside the teacup is a view of 2 beothuks paddling a canoe.

Beothuk patterns made with real red ochre paint.

2. The second is called the Ballistic Shot Glass Series. Made with the use of a 12 gauge shot gun to decorate the cups. Inspired by the creation of the earth's moon and its highly textured surface.

3. The third is the carved deep blue sea & land series. It features fish, crabs and other land & sea life.

Caribou stein.

March of Mugs International 2014

Functional and beautiful cups, mugs, & more by exceptional & award winning international potters / ceramic artists

MARCH OF MUGS INTERNATIONAL 2014

A (3 day) Pop-up Gallery Show

Opening: Friday Feb 28th, 2014 7 pm to 9pm

Running: Mar 1 to 2, 10 am to 5 pm daily

Location: Quidi Vidi Plantation, St John's, NL

10 Maple View Place

Free Parking Free Admission

Featured Artists include:

David Hayashida and Linda Yates, NL

Mike Kern, Texas

Tyler Guidan, Maine

Chanda Droske, Texas

Maaike Charron, NL

Katrina Chaytor, Alberta

Jay Kimball, Saskatchewan

Debra Kuzyk and Ray Mackie, NS

Adam Paulek, Virginia

Isabella St John, NL

Malley Weber, Maine

and

Alexis Templeton, NL

A special gallery exhibition curated by Alexis Templeton Gallery

CBC interviews King's Point Pottery Gallery and Gifts

Wow, thanks go out to Lindsay Bird of CBC tv who interviewed us this week! She was right here in King's Point at our gallery! We talked about winning the top retailer award for Atlantic Canada, Art Smarts and our hopes for the area. If you didn't see it or want to see it again here it is. Please click on the following link to see the piece that appeared on Here and Now NL, 12 Feb 2013: 
http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Canada/NL/Featured/ID/2334592667/

PS: If you are using an ipad for some reason the link doesn't always work (it sends you to another part of cbc)..a pc seems fine (goes right to the video)? If you go to the cbc web site and type in kings point pottery you can easily find the video but maybe it has something to do with flash or maybe I have an old ipad?

And the award for #1 retailer in Atlantic Canada goes to...

David Hayashida, Linda Yates & Sandra Jamison tourism NB

.... the Newfoundland and Labrador company of....King's Point Pottery Gallery and Gifts. The hardware was handed out at the Atlantic Canada Craft and Trade Show gala event in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

"Coming from a tiny outport of under 650 people, it was particularly thrilling for us to win the highest award in Atlantic Canada. It is quite the contrast when you consider that last years winner was from a town of over 400 thousand. Linda is proud to point out, her home town is in fact the smallest to ever take home the award. And as it has been a decade since a Newfoundland and Labrador company has won this prestigious award, it is truly a provincial celebration for us.

We believe the "Outstanding Retailer Award" is a reflection of the 150 wonderful craft-artists we currently present. Our long term goal is to showcase 365 different craft-artists, in order to be able to celebrate a different producer each and every day of the year! As we are not even half way to our goal, there is much to look forward to in the coming years!

Linda and I wish to thank all our customers for making us an Atlantic destination. We invite you to stop by and discover for yourself the treasure trove of creativity that makes King's Point Pottery the 2013 top craft retailer in Atlantic Canada!"

Our sincere thanks,
Linda Yates, David Hayashida, Cal, Tracy, Victoria, Wallie and Biscuit.

PS: As we said at our acceptance speech ...thank you to the CCNL for nominating us and to the Craft Alliance for the award!!

Shaun's Majumder Manor & King's Point Pottery webisode

W network image of Shaun Majumder

For those living on the rock this might be old news but for those living under a rock....W Network has a whole new kinda "bay watch" series called "Majumder Manor" based in Burlington, Baie Verte Penninsula, Central Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada...a.k.a. the home town of the oh so 'funderful' Shaun Majumder. Shaun's team visited us here at King's Point Pottery Gallery and Gifts and he has turned that visit into a webisode!
Pls check it out at the following link:

http://majumdermanor.wnetwork.com/kings-point-pottery/

Happy viewing! Go Shaun! (image from facebook majumder manor)

Nominated for #1 Retailer.

First happy new year to all!!

Next a very big thank you goes out from Linda and me, to the the nomination committee of the Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador. They have nominated King's Point Pottery Gallery and Gifts for the 2013 Outstanding Retailer for all of Atlantic Canada.

It is a great honour just to be nominated for this top award. So many wonderful craft shops, we have admired forever, from across the four Atlantic Provinces have previously won this coveted award. Places like Paula Cornec's Beavercraft in Stephenville, Barb Roberts' Bogside Gallery in Halifax and of course our very own Craft Council Shop in St John's are but a few to have been recipients of this prestigious honour.

The 16th annual gala ceremony will be held in Halifax, NS on Saturday the 2nd of February 2013 in conjunction with the Atlantic Craft Trade Show, ACTS.  Again our thanks to the Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador for their very kind nomination and we have our fingers crossed!

Best David and Linda!!

Philosopher's Stone returns to Kings Point Pottery Fine Craft Gallery

As those of you who have been here before know I love stone and I love love love these peoples unbelievable work! (I not so secretly wish I could keep it all.) Artists John, Tamar and family create in a very quiet area of rural Nova Scotia, Rosebud...and we are so lucky to be able to carry their very limited hand production work. Did you know they are the original stone vessel makers here in Canada, starting their business in 1993. Philosophers Stone's work really speaks to me...with a very calming voice. If you like stone you will love shopping here at Kings Point Pottery. We just received a new shipment..over 100 passionate lbs!

best

David Hayashida and Linda Yates

King's Point Pottery Fine Craft Gallery

This is our brand new retail shop blog here at King's Point Pottery. (August 02, 2011) Last year it was around 70 and now we feature well over 100 handmade craft artists at our studio-shop-gallery! Our ambition is to (one day) feature 365 (to celebrate one artist for everyday of the year) handmade (Atlantic Canada) artists here in King's Point....but we just might need to expand our floor plan ...as you can see it seems we are bursting at the seams already! More details sooon.