Art Island S2E1: Susan Crowe - Potter

Season 2 of ART ISLAND opens with legendary Susan Crowe in her studio, Cannon Road Pottery. Filmmaker Zsofin Sheehy follows Susan through her home and 40-year pottery practice on Hornby Island. A self-professed "compulsive maker," Susan shares her process as a producer, how she motivates herself and keeps herself open to new ideas, techniques, and products. Above all, the life of friendship and family she has built in partnership with her creative practice provides an endless source of love, inspiration, and support.

[About Susan Crowe]

Susan Crowe was born on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. She attended St. Lawrence Craft and Design College in Brockville, Ontario from 1977–79, before moving to Vancouver, BC to further teach and practice pottery. In 1981 she moved to Hornby Island to do production for Bernard de Aguiar and SeaPeace Pottery. By 1984, Susan opened Cannon Road Pottery, and has been making work under this studio for the past 40 years. Today, Susan works with her son Silas in wholesale production of her work, though her other two children can throw, as well. She has eight grandchildren.

Website:   / cannonroadpottery  

[Art Island: Perspectives from a Creative Community]

Who are the individuals that comprise the vibrant artistic community of Hornby Island? This docu-series looks into the personal lives and artistic perspectives of local artists — our community members. Expanding on how they became artists, what inspires their art, challenges they've encountered, and how they persevered, Art Island is a deep dive into why artists feel art is important and how it has the power to affect us all.

[Credits]
A Film By - Zsofin Sheehy
Associate Producer - Emma Walter
Location Sound - Nathan Evans
Camera Assistant - Ella McMechan
Sound Mix & Design - Matt Copeland
Title Animation - Grigorii Kniagnitskii
Colour - Bogdan Mykytenko

[Music]
Jones Island
James Spaite
Robert John - https://freemusicarchive.org/label/Nu...
Kaela Drew
Galapaghost
Old Wave

[Photos courtesy of]
Bob Cain
Susan Crowe

ART ISLAND was created on the unceded traditional territory of the K’ómoks First Nation, the traditional keepers of this land.


Funding for this episode of ART ISLAND is provided by the Canada Council for the Arts, BC Arts Council, and the Province of British Columbia.