Jim Meadows

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Maker Name

Jim Meadows

Studio name

Great Canadian Design Works

Marks

Great Canadian Design Works mark

Biography

Meadows operated Great Canadian Design Works with interior designer Leah Errington between 1978 and 1986. The company made contemporary slip-cast porcelain giftware which they sold in their production facility/store located at Lonsdale and the Upper Levels Highway in North Vancouver. They also sold through Danica Wholesale and numerous craft and interior design outlets in BC, including Rhinoceros on Granville Island. The company also did custom work for Expo 86, White Spot, and Ridley Terminals.
Meadows had learned slip casting at BC Ceramics in 1966-67 where he also made moulds and managed the tunnel kiln.
According to him, in the 60s and 70s, "slip casting was looked down upon by many in the pottery community, but we eventually received recognition and I was asked to conduct workshops on the technique."
Meadows also taught secondary school art in Ontario and BC (1968-1974) and ceramics at the UBC Faculty of Education (1975) and later in Kitwe, Zambia.

First name

Jim

Last name

Meadows

Career dates (start and end)

1978
1986

Date of Birth

1943

Place of Birth

Regina, Saskatchewan

Studio location

North Vancouver

Formal Education

BFA, San Francisco Art Institute, 1962-1965
Secondary Art Teachers' qualifications: BC and Ontario

Apprenticeships

Informal apprenticeship with potter Eric Norstad, Corte Madera, California, 1963-64

Major Exhibitions

Made By Hand 83

Source

Allan Collier

Item sets

BC Ceramic Makers

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