Carly Slade is a Canadian Ceramic Artist who grew up in “big sky” Alberta where she spent her early working life in the trades, from carpentry to concrete she is most at home in a shop. Her work is influenced by her blue-collar roots and plagued by a concern for the precarious nature of the working class. Using a mixture of materials from ceramic, to embroidery, to industrial building supplies, Slade recreates dioramas of real world places using a candid perspective. She currently lives in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia with her two orange kitties known collectively as “The Oranges”.