Sand Dollar Ceramic Earrings by Sacred Coast Ceramics

Stephanie Bergman, the artist behind Sacred Coast Ceramics, is located in Cowichan Valley creating unique ceramic jewelry, pendants, and other creations. As a child she was an artist, and into adulthood became a scientist, only to be become an artist again later in life. “I began my creative process when I was little, growing up with a mother who was an artist and my father, an engineer. Childhood was spent dreaming and creating masterpieces in the kitchen with crayons and coloured molding clay. I learned from an early age to see form and texture and to appreciate nature. When I was 10 or 11, I was blessed to have the opportunity to take pottery classes at the local community centre: that was my first experience with clay. In university I joined the pottery club and continued playing with mud, self taught, and tried to throw pots on the wheel… My goal is to bring nature to you, to have you hold a little piece of it in your hand or wear it over your heart, to remember our connection with the wild places and our part within it.”