Summer Sales 2025

Great Shuswap Pottery Sale
Celista, BC
July 19-20, 2025
This annual pottery sale in historic Celista Hall continues. The sale is in it’s 40th year and is going strong.

Sorrento Summer Pottery Sale
Sorrento, BC
August 2-3, 2025
Join us at Sorrento Community Hall on the August Long Weekend for this annual pottery and fine craft sale.
Sorrento Stoneware
is the communal studio of Sheryl Willson and Mark Hemmingson

Sheryl Willson
Sheryl works in red clay with lots of texture and illustration. She glazes her work in warm white tones that break over texture. These pieces are one of a kind made in short runs.

Mark Hemmingson
Mark creates pottery for everyday living focusing on traditional tableware. Glazed in Shuswap Blue these pieces are made in sets and they’re meant to be collected.
Our Stores
About Our Pottery
Information about our work, and a look behind the scenes
Waxing Pottery

Before glazing, pottery needs to be waxed so the glaze doesn’t stick to the bottoms of the pots. Watch this …
Sheryl’s Studio

Using red clay as a canvas allows me to add imagery into my forms. I like to use ‘reversed’ textures …
Sawdust Firing

Modern scholars have theorized that the first clay vessels were created when baskets, waterproofed with a lining of wet clay, …
Glazing Pottery

Here’s a video on how I glaze a spouted bowl by layering glaze with a brush, and doing a full …