Hello!
I’m Amber
And it’s not just alliteration that sets my heart aflutter: it’s the feeling of clay beneath my fingertips, the slower pace of island life here on Haida Gwaii, and trusting in the path less followed (like being an artist in the world today).
Sunfish Studio officially opened in 2018 when we tucked a tiny pottery studio underneath the equally tiny home that we built ourselves (using library books and Youtube videos to do so).
But my love of pottery dates back to 2012, when I’d just swapped lugging textbooks and slinging bowls of pasta in the city, for a coastal town (also tiny) on the edge of the world.
I chanced upon clay as the hobby that helped navigate the dark, stormy winter days. I grew my skills and for the last handful of years I’ve been nurturing a meaningful, creative business within a slow and fulfilling life.
in my pottery, in my mentorship, and in my life outside of work too.
It’s why, in a fast-moving world, I still relish making with clay. It brings comfort to my often busy mind. My hands press and shape each pot, and your hands then hold and hug it again, and again, and again.
It’s also why I adore supporting fellow tender-hearted artists and makers in sharing their craft and creating the gatherings they want to see in the world, so they can pass on the joy and solace that making something with your hands can bring.
And it’s why I’ve created a life with my partner, young kiddo and animals, both fluffy and feathered (the animals, not the humans) on the little homestead that we built beside the sea, pottering in the garden, foraging and cooking, or submersing my body in water. It can be a bathtub, ocean, or lake; I’m not fussy.
