charleen stroud
ABOUT charleen
I am a Ceramic Artist who makes functional/decorative clay vessels as well as ceramic jewelry. For the last two years I have been working on a project to combine my love of clay with my love for textiles, specifically embroidery. I use myself and my family as inspiration and experiment with cone 6 and cone 9 clays and glazes. I limit myself to shiny and matt black and white, glazes and add colour with my embroidery threads. Sometimes I also add gold and silver lustres to my work. For the last few months I have also been working on a series of beautiful ceramic jewelry. I lectured ceramics and figure drawing at university level and have many years of teaching formal as well as enrichment ceramics and figure drawing. After many years of living in rural BC I have restarted my career and hope to continue discovering the creative possibilities of clay and embroidery thread to make both decorative and function ceramics that is also thought provoking.
STUDIO #13
3567 West 16th Ave.
Vancouver, BC V6R 3C2
Pink Magnolia Vessels
2025, 14.5 x 11 x 11 cm, 2x Wheel thrown black and pink embroidered, cone 6 vessels.
Cosmos and tulip embroidered vessels
2025, 10 x 10 x 10 cm and 15 x 10 x 10 cm, cone 6 vessels with embroidery thread.
Starburst embroidered porcelain earrings
2025, 4.8 x 2.5 x 0.5 cm, cone 6 porcelain, embroidery thread and sterling silver.