Our Artists

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 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 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 ...

Christine Haubrick currently lives in South Surrey, BC, having just recently moved from Prince Rupert.  Born and raised in Smithers, BC, she has resided in communities throughout the province as well as Ottawa, ON. Ever since she can ...

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 ...

Debbie Ziegler was born in Victoria BC, but has lived and worked in Terrace for a large portion of her life. In 2006 she took a few pottery lessons with the Clay Artists of Terrace Society, and soon became a member. She now teaches beginner ...

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 ...

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 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 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 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 ...

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 ...