Sculpt, glaze, repeat. Andy Berg’s collaborative process of honouring our Great Lakes will engaged volunteer participants in the direct discovery of Lake Ontario through encounters that included walking along the shoreline, sensing and “reading” our Great Lake water world, story-telling, and gathering of information through sketching, journalling and natural found objects. From this, the community used the accumulated knowledge and wisdom to connect with the essence of Lake Ontario through the creation of community elements in stoneware clay as an homage to the beauty and generosity of our own Great Lake. Guided by Andy Berg, the community visually illuminated elemental aspects of Lake Ontario, and in particular, revisioned the symbolism and environmental importance of a key stone species, the Beaver, which happens to live right here in Kingston along our lake waterfront!
