Natasha Martin
Natasha was formally introduced to ceramic arts through the esteemed Pakistani potter Sheherezade Alam, whom she met in 1986 while she and her family were living in Lahore (‘85/’86).
Upon learning that Alam had moved to Toronto, Natasha leaped at the opportunity to study with the renowned artist and attended several of her workshops at Toronto’s Arcadia Co-Op in 1997.
After a 20+ year hiatus, Natasha returned to pottery in 2019 and started classes at Inspirations Studio – a ceramic-based program for women and non-binary people who have experienced first-hand the impacts of poverty, marginalization, mental health, and/or homelessness. A social enterprise, Inspirations Studio offers workshops to the public to generate funds for core programming. With the onset of the pandemic, the studio shuttered its doors temporarily, putting an end to community classes.
For her 50th birthday, which was celebrated over Zoom during a COVID-19 lockdown in December 2020, Natasha’s closest friends pooled their resources and gifted her a pottery wheel. Since then, Natasha has continued her practice from her ‘studio’ in her apartment.
Natasha’s work has been featured in several exhibits, including Workman Art’s Being Scene 2022, and Northern Contemporary’s 2023 Holiday Show and Sale and 2024 It's Not Easy Being Green. She has been a member of the Burlington Potters Guild since October 2023.
Natasha now lives in Toronto with her two sons. When inspired, she writes prose which she sometimes shares on her Instagram account @_pottery_and_prose_.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
“Like love, you can’t force clay to take shape when it’s not ready.” (nmm 07.03.21)
Natasha was formally introduced to ceramic arts through the esteemed Pakistani potter Sheherezade Alam, whom she met in 1986 while she and her family were living in Lahore (‘85/’86).
Upon learning that Alam had moved to Toronto, Natasha leaped at the opportunity to study with the renowned artist and attended several of her workshops at Toronto’s Arcadia Co-Op in 1997.
After a 20+ year hiatus, Natasha returned to pottery in 2019 and started classes at Inspirations Studio – a ceramic-based program for women and non-binary people who have experienced first-hand the impacts of poverty, marginalization, mental health, and/or homelessness. A social enterprise, Inspirations Studio offers workshops to the public to generate funds for core programming. With the onset of the pandemic, the studio shuttered its doors temporarily, putting an end to community classes.
For her 50th birthday, which was celebrated over Zoom during a COVID-19 lockdown in December 2020, Natasha’s closest friends pooled their resources and gifted her a pottery wheel. Since then, Natasha has continued her practice from her ‘studio’ in her apartment.
Natasha’s work has been featured in several exhibits, including Workman Art’s Being Scene 2022, and Northern Contemporary’s 2023 Holiday Show and Sale and 2024 It's Not Easy Being Green. She has been a member of the Burlington Potters Guild since October 2023.
Natasha now lives in Toronto with her two sons. When inspired, she writes prose which she sometimes shares on her Instagram account @_pottery_and_prose_.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
“Like love, you can’t force clay to take shape when it’s not ready.” (nmm 07.03.21)
$40.00
Ceramic sculpture.
7x6x3"
Formed from a Vincentian calabash
