Osborne, Mary

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Maker Name

Osborne, Mary

Studio name

Osborne Studio

Biography

Mary Osborne studied with Rex Mason and Carleton Ball at the UBC Ceramic Hut in the mid 50s. She and her husband Leonard established their first home-studio in West Vancouver.
In 1959, she ran Creative Hands, a cooperative shop located at 1483 Clyde in West Vancouver where she sold her pottery along with work by Leonard Osborne, Stan and Jean Clarke, Dorothy Dodman, and other local craft artists.
The Osbornes moved to Saanich (near Victoria) in 1960, establishing their studio where they also taught.

First name

Mary

Last name

Osborne

Career dates (start and end)

1955

Date of Birth

1907

Date of Death

1994

Place of Birth

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Place of Death

Studio location

Major Exhibitions

BC Potters' Annual (aka 1st Annual BC Crafts) VAG 1957
Centennial Crafts Caravan (touring), 1958
Canadian Ceramics, 1955, 1957, 1959, Toronto and Montreal
Canadian Fine Crafts 1966/67, National Gallery of Canada (with Leonard Osborne)

Links to Further Resources

Source

Allan Collier

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