Mayne Island Clay Works

Mayne Island Clay Works opened in 2021, started by two potters, Kim Korol and Kristine Webber, who share the studio and gallery beside Home Hardware on Fernhill Road.

Kim is a multidisciplinary artist working mainly in ceramics and drawing. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Alberta University of the Arts in 2019, then moved to Mayne Island and launched Kim Korol Studio. She makes large ceramic tables and vessels, custom architectural tile and public art, and her ceramic table Will You Hold My Book Please won an Award of Excellence at the 2023 Arts on the Islands exhibition. Kristine first watched clay come to life in her Danish grandmother's pottery studio outside Port Alberni. She holds degrees in agriculture and wildlife biology, worked for many years in the charitable sector, and now pots and farms on Mayne.

Water and food security run through their work. In 2022, with support from the Canada Council for the Arts, they installed a ceramic tile mural and a display of 50 terracotta ollas at the Mayne Island Japanese Memorial Gardens.