Ed Drahanchuk graduated from the Alberta College of Art in Calgary (now Alberta University of the Arts) in 1963. That same year, he founded Design Associates with wife Ethel Drahanchuk and architectural sculptor Bob Oldrich. The studio specialized in independent studio design for corporate and architectural settings. In 1968 the Drahanchuks moved to Bragg Creek and established Drahanchuk Studios. They moved to British Columbia in 1975.
Drahanchuk was awarded the Canadian Design Merit Citation, Craft Award by the National Design Council in 1974.Notable public commissions include: Rhythm One, 1970, University of Calgary; Alberta Foothills, 1970, Royal Bank of Canada; Fossil Theme, 1973, University of Calgary; United News Building, Calgary; Mercantile Bak of Canada, Edmonton.
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Dimensions (HxWxD)
6.5" x 6.5" x .5", 16.5 x 16.5 x 1cm
Description
Warm coloured stoneware tile by Ed Drahanchuk has a delicate base-relief imprint of leaves and berries. A darker glaze brings out the patterns.
Essay
Considered to be one of Canada’s leading studio potters, Ed Drahanchuk is a ceramicist, metal artist, muralist, painter and printmaker who worked actively in ceramics in the 1960s and 70s. Drahanchuk’s work is an honest expression of the natural world, using glazes only as accents to his designs and only where function demands it. He works in stoneware and experiments with relief decoration and wax emulsion. These techniques imbue his work with a distinctive surface energy and muscularity while also providing fine, sensitive lines.
