Patrick Royle: Artist in the Window

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Patrick Royle with pottery, 2021

Artist Mixes the Old With the New to Produce Beautiful Results

Potter Patrick Royle has collected a lot of small found objects over his 40 years of hiking around the Yukon. He’s going to put some of those things to good use during his Artist in the Window residency at Yukon Artists at Work in Whitehorse next month. He’ll be working in the gallery’s front window from September 14 to 17, 11 am to 2 pm each day. The public is invited to come see him create.

“I’ll use clay and old small objects in two ways. I’ll press theitems into the clay I use in my raku work, but I will also do the reverse and press the clay into some of the found objects,” Royle said.

“I like the idea of using natural and human left objects for texturizing my work and creating a feeling of curiosity in my pieces,” he added. “Hopefully it will also make people think about the refuse that we humans leave behind.”

Some of the pieces he creates during his time in the window may be added to a group exhibit called “Experienced Materials” that is running throughout September at the Yukon Artists at Work gallery.

Artist’s bio:

Patrick Royle makes functional and sculptural stoneware and raku at his Raven Pottery studio near Whitehorse. He is perhaps most well-known for his ‘Fireweed’ line of stoneware, although he makes a number of other styles. 

His work can be found at Yukon Artists at Work and in the Nation Art Bank. When he isn’t making pottery he is giving private lessons or teaching in the schools.