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Career potter in Ladysmith gives back to ceramics community
November 7, 2025
CHLY met with Fox at her home studio and gallery in Ladysmith to talk about her newest book, Developing Glazes.
Expert potter Mary Fox on "Developing Glazes"
November 2, 2025
Our November pottery series takes shape with Mary Fox, who’s encouraging ceramic artists to experiment with confidence in her book Developing Glazes: Low-Fire Reduction and Oxidation.
Potter Mary Fox grows her legacy
October 23, 2025
Some artists thrive in chaos;
others in order. Mary Fox embodies both.
CHEK News Inspiring Women - Mary Fox
May 2023
When she was in school, Mary Fox failed math, failed science, and didn’t think she was artistically inclined. Well, all that changed on one fateful day when she touched clay for the very first time…
Victoria News - All Fired Up
April 5, 2023
Potter Mary Fox creates a special place for the young ceramic artists of tomorrow.
Mary Fox on creating a legacy
February 9, 2022
This week on the Kiln sitters, Brendan sits down with the incredibly talented Mary Fox, an artist based on Vancouver Island in the town of Ladysmith. In the interview they talk about Fox’s initial steps in the medium, to developing an amazing art career, finding love, managing illness, creating a legacy and so much more!
BC BookWorld - Turn Of The Potters Wheel
March 3, 2021
Surviving chronic fatigue syndrome, Mary Fox triumphs with a life of art and a memoir.
See page 20 for feature with Mary.
Times Colonist - House Beautiful: A potter’s dream home in Ladysmith
October 28, 2017
Potter and glass artist Mary Fox is a master at creating fine tableware and exotic-looking vessels, but she didn’t know much about construction until recently, when she decided to renovate her house in Ladysmith…
Zone One Arts - Mary Fox Ceramic Artist
April 2, 2017
I am focused on how fortunate I am and mindful of what an amazing time in my creative life this is. I do at times find the constant flow of creative ideas a bit much; there is so much I want to do…but I am an army of one! So, I do a lot of self-talk, reminding myself that this really is a great place to be in and to take it one day at a time. There is always more, it will never end.
CBC - October 30, 2016
October 30, 2016
Peter Golz at UVic on Vampires, aritst Mary Fox, big awards for the ACE program and poetry with Elee Kraljii Gardiner.
Mary Fox at Winchester Galleries - 2016
October 18, 2016
Show: Primordial Beauty: New Explorations in Glass and Slip Casting.
The Potters Cast - The Obsessive Artist | Mary Fox | Episode 52
October 21, 2014
Born in Fredericton, New Brunswick in 1959, Mary Fox moved with her family to British Columbia in 1966. Mary is self-taught and has worked solely as a potter since 1979. Mary’s works are exhibited nationally and internationally, and she especially enjoys the time that she spends with customers from around the world who visit Mary’s studio in Ladysmith, on Vancouver Island.
Mary Fox Pottery - Shaw TV Nanaimo
March 18, 2014
“Playing with clay” since age 13, Mary Fox is a world-class Vancouver Island ceramicist, producing Raku pottery and other vessels and forms out of her studio / gallery in Ladysmith B.C.
Mary Fox: Pottery & Sculpture Cowichan Today Interview
April 24, 2011
Video taken during the 2011 Cowichan Valley Artisans Tour. Born in Fredericton, New Brunswick in 1959, I moved with my family to British Columbia in 1966. I am self-taught and have worked solely as a potter since 1979. My works are exhibited nationally and internationally, and I especially enjoy the time that I spend with customers from around the world who visit my studio in Ladysmith, on Vancouver Island.
Modern Home, Victoria - Interview with mary Fox
Potting since the early 70’s, Mary Fox Pottery continues to push the boundaries of creativity, delighting clients with her interesting forms and trademark glazes. Read the Modern Home interview here and visit The Gallery at Mattick’s Farm to see her work.
