In 1998, the ten Canadian artists involved the previous summer with the Greek/Canadian Intercultural Ceramics Symposium, decided to have a group exhibition to commemorate our experiences at The Works Festival of Arts in Edmonton.

As I had made a minotaur for our exhibitions in Greece, and with the luxury of more time to do it in my own studio, I decided to make another, larger and more explicit beast, along with a couple of ‘ceremonial vessels’ entwined by octopi, as I had seen in the Minoan Museum on Crete.

‘shrine to the beast‘, shown at The Works Arts Festival, Edmonton, AB, summer 1998.

‘the beast within’ (minotaur), back 1998. Paperclay, with terracotta.

ceremonial octopus bird amphora, 1998, earthenware with paperclay octopus, 71 cm high, ∆04.