Kelley Minish
Kelley’s art is inspired by a life-long love of creation as she combines clay and natural objects to show their beauty in new and delightful ways. As a child, she was happiest when exploring and collecting rocks, twigs, and other treasures which she re-imagined into art collages and intricate arrangements.
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In 1980, as a student at Pearson College, she first encountered and fell in love with pottery where Robin Hopper was her first ceramics instructor -- a gift held with deep gratitude. Many decades later in 2022, she retired from a career in family medicine which allowed for new creative space to rediscover the deep grounding and openness that occurs with centering and forming clay.
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Her work features ceramic foundations to which she adds coastline treasures and fibres grown in her garden to create unique functional and decorative forms to delight and connect us to the natural world.
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She is a recent addition to this innovative group of Fibres and Beyond artists, a source of whole-hearted encouragement and deep inspiration. Kelley looks forward to journeying with them through many creative years ahead.