A recent donation to the District of Sechelt’s public art collection is now on display in the municipal hall reception area.
Wrapped Boat (2019) by local ceramic artist Laurie Rolland was gifted to Sechelt by arts supporter Jenni Cottrell. The artwork is a hand-built ceramic sculpture made of stoneware clay and fired in oxidation. The piece takes the form of a rowboat that has been wrapped tightly with thick bands or straps. The work is meant to symbolize a feminine vessel of transportation and the passage to the other world. It sits atop a stand handmade by local woodworker and boat builder Larry Westlake.
This is the first ceramic piece in Sechelt’s public art collection.
Rolland has made her living as a ceramic artist since graduating from Sheridan College of Arts & Design in Ontario in 1978. She currently works from a studio in Davis Bay. Over her decades-long career, she has exhibited nationally and internationally in both juried and invitational exhibitions.
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