Sarah Pike (she/her)
Sarah Pike - Mentor since 2026
Sarah Pike Fernie, BC, Canada, is an acclaimed Canadian studio potter, ceramic educator, and entrepreneur celebrated globally for her distinctive, highly textured, functional slab-built porcelain and stoneware. Sarah’s work beautifully balances rugged outdoor inspirations with intricate, vintage surface geometry.
Individual Meetings: 1st and 3rd Wednesdays
Group Meetings: last Sundays
Workshop Agenda: In person workshop: Dates to be determined. Ideally during the summer months, as mountain winters = snow and ice.
Our in-person workshop will be held in my studio in Fernie, BC, Canada, and will be structured around the interests of the group. The making will focus on handbuilt form, design, and function. (No wheels here. But tons of table space!)We’ll dial in on a problem form and tackle it together.
We’ll also have group demonstrations and presentations. Expect a mix of making, experimentation, individual and group feedback, and good studio vibes all around.
My studio is located in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, so there will be optional mountain adventures as well.
The studio is relatively accessible, with wide doorways, a ramped entrance, and smooth concrete floors. If you have accessibility needs, please get in touch before the workshop so we can discuss whether the space will work for you and what minor adjustments may be possible.
About Sarah
Sarah Pike is a full-time potter living and making functional slab-built wares in Fernie, BC, Canada, the traditional territory of the Ktunaxa. She studied ceramics at Alberta College of Art and Design, University of Colorado, and the University of Minnesota. Sarah is a proud member of the Canadian ceramic collective, Make & Do. Sarah teaches her slab-building techniques worldwide and shows internationally with recent solo exhibitions at the Huntington Museum of Art in West Virginia, Good Earth Gallery in Washington and Schaller Gallery in Michigan.
Sarah is very interested in making stamps and texture tools and pressing them into soft clay. Lately, she is obsessing over the ogee curve and how it tessellates across a form. Her natural habitat is her studio, but if she isn’t making pots, she is probably out exploring the mountains around her home by ski or bike. She is generally thinking about snacks.
Sarah’s pottery is inspired by many things, including the landscape around her home, the rich history of pottery, but also by antique tinware, textured metal, interesting fabric patterns, and the old things you might find in barns.
