Anne Young’s home and large, sunny studio- workshop are just west of Peterborough. For over 45 years Anne’s love of clay, glazes and firing pottery has been a wonderful journey.“I’ve always loved working with my hands! The life of an artist is not for everyone, but definitely has been magical for me.”

New on the Studio Tour this year. Visit Anne at Tom Parson’s Wood working Studio on Loon Call Lake just west of Apsley.

Anne’s functional high-fired work is easily recognized by the spirited swirled handles, colourful glazes and bark like texture on the outside of some pieces.

Her nonfunctional Horsehair fired Raku work features horse hair, feathers and sugar sprinkles. The pottery pieces are heated in an outdoor kiln to 1,200 F. then removed. Horsehair strands are laid across the hot pot leaving a wandering linear smoke design on the surface. Sugar is sprinkled, leaving spotted smoke marks. Feathers give a dark, feather silhouette. All this has to happen within 1 minute before the pot has cooled.

Anne is also an accomplished watercolour painter, and photographer, and avid downhill and cross country skier. Anne and her husband live at their Water Access cottage on Anstruther Lake in the summer enjoying family, golfing, fishing, kayaking and her perennial flower garden..