Working in stoneware and porcelain to create fun and functional items, Charlene uses the potter’s wheel, slabs and extrusions in her designs. Influenced by the magnificence and enormity of the Haliburton landscape, her forms are fluid and voluminous with graceful curves and understated elegance. Often incorporating real leaves and collected materials from woodland hikes to enhance the visual narrative, Charlene recently finds herself inspired by the newest creatures in Haliburton County. Although she admits, she is no dragon-slayer she does have a way to keep them under control and be inspired by them.

Charlene views her work with clay as an elaborate and exhilarating dance.

A successful creation begins with the twirl of the potter’s wheel, through the heat of the kiln and the patron, after viewing the piece and embracing it for themselves, signals the consummation of the waltz.