Our Artists

Learn more about the artists that make the Ice House Artists Cooperative special. 

Our artist profiles include biographies, contact information, social media links, exmaples of their work, and more!

Anneh Kessels

Anneh Kessels

Willow Bender Originally from the Netherlands, Anneh Kessels now has her studio and willow farm next to the beautiful Bulkley River. She has found her way to Quick, BC, in a very round-about way, and is extremely happy to live and work in this ...
Brenda Brown

Brenda Brown

Brenda has lived all her life amongst the natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest; from Washington to Alaska and British Columbia. She and her family have journeyed together in the adventure of living in remote parts of the North Pacific ...
Cecilia Grayon

Cecilia Grayon

Cecilia Grayon is owner/designer of Tribes. She has over 35 years of experience in the fashion industry as an entrepreneur, designer and educator. She is the owner of a pattern design business called "Accufit Patterns" since 2000 doing ...
Courtney Fairbrother

Courtney Fairbrother

Born and raised in northern Saskatchewan until my family moved to Kitimat BC in 2001 where I finished high school. Moved away for a few years and when my husband and I had our son, we knew we wanted to raise him in a small town where it was ...
Debra Strand

Debra Strand

Debra was raised in Prince Rupert, left for University and returned for work.  Not planning to stay long she fell in love with kayaking and has spent countless hours exploring waters surrounding this beautiful little community.  This is where ...
Joanne Ritchie

Joanne Ritchie

@inkeefiddlings Originally from Australia, after traveling the world, Joanne and her family now call beautiful Prince Rupert home. After studying Design many years ago and having her own dress making business, it is here in Prince Rupert that ...
Jude Hardcastle

Jude Hardcastle

I was first introduced to clay work in a weekend workshop held in Prince Rupert in 1975. Some buddies and I co-built a big cookie jar from clay coils. I quite enjoyed the feel of clay and later took lessons from Eva Bebington at her pottery ...
Kate Cope

Kate Cope

Kate Cope was born in Liverpool England, and moved to Canada in 1981. She is now living in Prince Rupert, BC. She studied millinery at Mable Fletcher Tec. Collage, and has made and sold hats, bags, knitware, soft sculpture dolls in galleries ...
Ken Howes

Ken Howes

Ken Howes was originally from Port Ed, B.C.  He now lives in Terrace, B.C. and usually comes down during the summer for fishing.  His carvings are usually cottonwood bark as he liked the thickness of them and occasionally uses cedar.  Ken has a ...
​Larry Shkuratoff

​Larry Shkuratoff

​Larry Shkuratoff was born and raised in the Kootenays, in the Slocan Valley area. In 1978 he, his wife and his children moved to Terrace, BC. There Larry worked as a hand faller for twenty seven years. During that time, he had many serious ...
Laura Gilbert

Laura Gilbert

My creativity is both my best friend and my worst enemy, always has been and always will be.  Once a path of creative mojo begins for me, its journey is both unpredictable and unstoppable all the while inspiring and beautiful. I tend to ...
Laurie Gray

Laurie Gray

No Roads Studio is an accessories and clothing slow-fashion brand based on Vancouver Island, Canada that originated in Prince Rupert, B.C. Each unique piece is hand dyed or hand felted by fibre artist Laurie Gray in her Campbell River ...
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