Black & Smith

The shop is open this weekend and next from 10-4 Fri-Sun. Lots of work by me and a selection of work from .thomas28 - come say hello and get your holiday shopping started.

Open House today! 6-9pm with .thomas28 - the show continues Sat/Sun 10-5 🌟

Home and studio sale this weekend. Nov 17 6-9pm, 18/19 10-5pm. Do join us!

The before! This week I’m busy setting up the space for my annual studio sale this weekend and there are currently piles of pots EVERYWHERE. The show is Fri 6-9pm and Sat/Sun 10-5. This is just the tip of the pottery iceberg - soooooo many pots available this weekend along with work by .thomas28 and - join us and kick off your Christmas shopping! 🌟

This Friday! Join us for my annual home and studio show this Fri-Sun. We will have wine and beer and treats on Friday night and beautiful artwork for gifting all weekend long. I’m thrilled to have .thomas28 join me as one of my guests. Cath and I have been firing together since 2014 and she is one of the kindest and most fun people I know! Catherine works in her studio in Toronto, using handbuilding techniques that combine soft slabs and coils to create industrial inspired pieces that are full of character. Don’t miss the show! 🌟

Next week!! Who’s coming?! 🌟🌟

Annual Holiday Open House is right around the corner! Welcoming and her stunning silver jewellery as one of my guest artists for the event. ‘Clare Pearson has studied Design at Sheridan College, Fibres and Sculpture at Concordia University and Jewellery at George Brown College. Her sculptural installations have been exhibited at various Ontario galleries (including The Art Gallery of Hamilton, McMaster Museum of Art and Hamilton Artists Inc.) and her work has found homes with private collectors worldwide. She references her background in design and three-dimensional art in creating the delicate elements of her jewellery. Drawn to the world of functionality, she has turned her focus to precious metals, creating small scale sculptures for the body. Clare works from her Dundas, Ontario studio for private collectors and galleries.’

Two weeks to go! Join us for the annual Holiday Open House Nov 17 6-9pm and Nov 18/19 10-5pm. I’m excited to be welcoming back well loved - her textiles are a favourite here and a beautiful addition to any home. ‘Caroline Forde is a Canadian textile artist living and working in Toronto, Ontario. Her love for vintage fabrics and natural colours inspires her surface design process. In the studio, she creates hand-printed and dyed fabrics using a variety of traditional techniques. Through research and material exploration, Caroline aims to incorporate sustainability and craftsmanship into sensible, sought-after objects.’ 🌟

Annual Holiday Pop-Up is right around the corner! Join us Nov 17 6-9pm and Nov 18/19 10-5pm to support local artists and shop handmade. I’m thrilled to be hosting guest artist and her fantastic work as part of the show. Work with personality! I want one of each!! 🌟 ‘Clay is my voice. I have found my identity and creativity by working with this material.
The story of clay is that of a once soft and malleable material, made hard through firing. I create work that tells this story; a focus on quickly made, deeply textured, and gestural forms. I intentionally leave pieces of trimmings, rough edges, and the evidence of construction. I want to preserve the memory of the once soft squishy clay, by leaving behind traces of my hand.

All of my work is fired in a wood burning kiln that is stoked with a community of people. The preparation and length of this process allows me to build relationships with other wood fire potters. Learning from others' experiences, techniques, and skills, makes each firing unique and memorable. Woodfiring expands the potential surfaces that I can achieve with clay, and allows me to give up some control to the process. It requires patience, and is labour intensive.’

Holiday Pop Up and Studio Sale coming up Nov 17-19. Really jazzed to be hosting as one of the guest artists for the event. Andrew makes gestural and playful pots - I have many in my own collection! Join us Nov 17 from 6-9pm for wine and food and opening night. The sale continues Nov 18/19 from 10-5pm. 🌟 Andrew Kellner received a Diploma from Sheridan College, BFA from Alberta College of Art and Design, and a MFA from West Virginia University. Since moving to Hamilton Andrew keeps a home studio, and continues to contribute to the ceramics community by teaching ceramic classes at Mohawk College and other private studios. In 2018, Kellner and business partner Heather Smit, have started annual invitational Ceramic show Ash + Barrel.

Hey there!! My annual Holiday Show is coming up Nov 17-19 at my studio and showroom. Featuring work by .thomas28 — join us on the Fri night from 6-9pm to meet the artists and get first dibs! The show continues the 18/19 from 10-5pm. I look forward to seeing you! 🌟

My annual Home and Studio Show is coming up! Mark it in your calendars. Thrilled to be welcoming guest artists Caroline Forde, Clare Pearson, Andrew Kellner, Catherine Thomas and Taylor Goldsbrough. Of course I'll have lots of new work for you to enjoy and take home with you too! Support local artists, shop handmade.
Nov 17 6-9pm // Nov 18/19 10-5pm

Today is the last day to shop in store or online. We will be closed tomorrow, Dec 24, and will remain closed well into the new year. So if you’ve had your eye on something, now’s the time! Online orders will be shipped out after Christmas, or ready for pickup today/tomorrow. Despite the snow the showroom is open today 11-4. Do drive safe if you make your way out. I’ll have coffee for you when you get here!

Happy solstice! Here’s to the light that is coming. ❄️✨ The shop will be open tomorrow 11-2 and Friday 11-4, and then I’ll be closing up until the spring. Thank you you to everyone who shopped with us this year. Your purchases support artists, and make the world better. Many thanks, and all the best for the New Year ahead. ♥️

The shop is open today 11-4 - come get your shopping done! I’ll make you a coffee while you look around and gift wrap for you too if you’d like. When you get home you just have to put your feet up. ❄️

A gorgeous platter by - a great gift idea for a special person in your life, or a treat for yourself. Imagine piling it high with holiday treats! Open today 11-4, or online all day.

Open tomorrow! This is the last full weekend to shop before the end of the year. We will be closed for the winter and will open up again in April for a spring show. Fri, Sat, Sun 11-4. Lots of beautiful gift ideas on the shelves.

Good morning! I’m working in my studio this morning so the shop will be open, 9-1. If you’re in the area, stop by. ✨

This is the last full weekend that we will be open this year. We hope to see you! Fri, Sat, Sun, 11-4.

Caroline’s tea towels were such a hit last week that she has sent me some more! Hand printed and dyed, these cotton towels are gorgeous in the kitchen, as a runner on your dining room table, or hung on the wall as one of a kind works of art. They make beautiful gifts. We are open today 11-4, or shop online for delivery.

The show continues this weekend, today and tomorrow 11-4. So many beautiful pieces that will make thoughtful, one of a kind gifts. I’ve got the espresso maker on, let me make you a coffee while you shop!

I do love the morning light. ✨ The shop is open 11-4.

The shop is open tomorrow! Lots of beautiful gift ideas on the shelves. 11-4, and online 24/7.

The online shop is open. Handmade, thoughtfully crafted home goods for the loved ones in your life. ✨ by .e

Gorgeous vessels by now available in our online shop, and in the showroom Fri/Sat/Sun 11-4. ‘
My current series of clay works examines the relationships between the natural land and ancient manmade structures, in the past abandoned, left to be transformed through time by the force of the elements and generations of human contact and interpretation. The relationship and interaction of landscape, seascape, weather and archaeological sites of Neolithic chambers, dwellings and monuments found in the Orkney Islands have been the predominant influence in my most recent body of work. What has become increasingly intriguing for me is the historical narrative encapsulated within and on these ancient monuments.’

That’s a wrap for weekend number one and boy was it a doozy! I’m exhausted! 😴🫠Thank you all SO much for bringing the vibrancy to this wee shop of mine and for taking so many lovely items home with you. I will have all the new work that is still available from our featured artists in the online shop tomorrow morning and will be mailing out orders within 2 business days. Lots of time to order for the holidays. If you’re local and didn’t get a chance to come by yet, we are open next Fri-Sun from 11-4.

Day two! The show continues today 11-4. April Gates was my first ever pottery teacher so I’m so thrilled to be showcasing her work at the event this year. ❄️ Her approach to surface treatment is magical and so thoughtful. I love every single one of her pieces. A big thank you to the many folks who came out to support artists and small business yesterday - we would not be here if it weren’t for you! —- April Gates is a full time ceramic artist & educator hailing from the pine covered hills of the Haliburton Highlands. 20 years ago, a love for image making married a concern for function, and Blackbird Pottery was born!

April’s passion lies in the surface of pots where imagery and mark making are explored and layered for a graphic and lyrical approach to clay. Rural roots, landscape, and memory permeate her work where intimate everyday objects become conduits for personal reflection and narrative.

Technical exploration keeps this soul searching, feeding a passion for expression and inquiry.

Let the show begin! We are open every Fri-Sun from 11-4 right up to Christmas. Join us today for opening day! A chance to win a prize with every purchase, coffee and cider and snacks, and late night shopping from 7-9pm with live modern jazz from the Dan Cunningham Trio. Hundreds of beautiful gifts to be found for the folks on your ‘list’. ❄️🎄 2633 Jerseyville Rd W, Ancaster ON

Tomorrow’s the day. See you 11-4, and 7-9 with live music from