Klaywerk Studio on the Sunshine Coast in BC is the  home base for clay artist  Liz de Beer. 

After practicing and teaching art for more than 10 years in BC, Liz believes that her work has reached a point where it reflects a fusion of West Coast and African sentiments and ideas. 

She has a preference for earthenware vessels that are simple in shape and unglazed on the outside and uses a combination of oxides to produce surface coloration on the raw clay surface that is striking but not distracting. She also has an interest in surface manipulation through carving and use a variety of different techniques to achieve the results that she wants. Liz has no interest to mass produce l items and see herself as a clay artist rather than a potter.

Juried Exhibits:

Galleries:

·        Seymour Art Gallery, North Vancouver

·        Ferry Building, West Vancouver

·        Silk Purse Gallery West Vancouver

·        Cityscape Gallery, North Vancouver

·        Studio 2, North Vancouver

·        BC Potters Guild “Finger Play” Traveling Exhibit

·        Gibsons Public Art Gallery

·        Ceramics on the Edge, Doris Crowston Gallery, Sechelt

Festivals:

·        Harmony Arts Festival, West Vancouver

·        Arts in the Garden, West Vancouver

·        POCO Garden Festival, Port Coquitlam

Community:

·        North Vancouver Credit Union - Featured Artist (1 month at each branch)

·        PNE Prize Home – interior design display

·        Shadbolt Centre, Burnaby

·        Fans Awards Exhibit, District Hall of North Vancouver

·        Art in Public Places, District Hall of North Vancouver

·        Ron Andrews Recreation Centre, North Vancouver

·        Parkgate Library, North Vancouver.

·        “Just Push Play” – Vancouver Renaissance Hotel, Vancouver

Work in Permanent Collections:

·        North Vancouver Credit Union

Works Published

·        Lark Publications – “500 Pitchers” (2 Jugs)

·        Lark Publications – “500 Raku”