pottery teacher
Fenn Martin’s clay practice is finding creative parallels in professional ceramic-based and contemporary small-scale farming practices.
Immersed in traditions of labour and small-scale farming, Martin imbues a tradesperson’s Do-It-Yourself (DIY) approach into large-scale ceramic installations.
Strongly influenced by his hometown, Antigonish Nova Scotia’s remarkable history of forming grassroots co-operatives, his explorations of small-scale agrarian labour extend parallels into his fine arts discourse.
Currently, his practice employs large, extruded forms exploring clay as an interspecies host to interface with microbial and fungal communities.
Through outdoor raw clay installations of tubal structures, Martin finds many fertile convergences of arts, sciences, and stewardship.
Martin has several permanent commissions in Nova Scotia, has completed a Master of Fine Art (MFA) in Craft Media at Alberta University of the Arts (AUA), Calgary, Alberta and is currently a sessional instructor at ST FX.
We are so lucky to have him as one of our talented Art Teachers here at The Arts House, located in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. Canada!
“If the clay it isn’t entered yet, its because you need to growl at it!”
We asked Fenn, who are his top 3 inspirational artists…
Answer…
Paul Day is a well-known British contemporary ceramic relief artist.
Vic Cicanski Canadian Prairies ceramic sculptor who uniquely combines farming and art.
Eliza Au Contemporary Architectural Ceramic artist (former colleague, and my favorite frenemy!)
To see his work visit: www.fennmartin.com
Follow him on Instagram and/or Facebook. @Fenn.Martin