About Moon In June Studio, and Aimee
Photo Credit: Carmin Davidson Photography
Aimee Baldwin (she/her) is a tactile artisan with a formal background in Fashion Arts. She fell in love with clay while taking pottery lessons at Riverdale Farms in Toronto and set a goal to open her very own studio. In December, 2014, Aimee completed a four month intensive Ceramic Arts course at Haliburton School of the Arts. She opened Moon In June Studio on October 1st, 2015.
Moon In June Studio is based in Kenora, Ontario and offers unique, hand-made ceramics for daily functional use & decorative aesthetic enjoyment. If you don't mind getting your hands dirty, Aimee encourages you to gather some friends & book a pottery party where you can learn to make a set of pinch pots, or your very own mug from scratch! Aimee also offers one-on-one lessons for those who desire a more personalized learning experience. Being able to share her craft with future generations is important to Aimee & she has been fortunate to take part in the Artist In Residency programs offered in several elementary schools within her community. Aimee is a life-long learner; she graduated in June, 2022 with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Lakehead/Seven Generations Education Institute, and is currently working on a wild clay project to explore the abundant natural materials that exist right under her feet.
Living so close to the wilds of Northwestern Ontario has given Aimee a deep appreciation for the inherent beauty found within the natural world. Her creative style pays homage to brilliant star filled skies, cool shimmering lakes and rugged boreal forests thriving with flora & fauna. Aimee's work has a fresh woodsy feel to it: earthy, moody, whimsical, and often highly functional.
Aimee would like to acknowledge that she is of settler origins & resides on the traditional territory of the Anishinaabe and Métis of Treaty #3. Long before Aimee's ancestors arrived on Turtle Island, Indigenous peoples have been living in relationship with these lands she now calls home - Aimee is dedicated to learning from & working with Indigenous communities as a way to nurture meaningful and reciprocal relationships.
" Miguel describes clay as a living elder that keeps stories about lands and waters
and persists through the many transformations that the earth has undergone over
millions of years. Elder clay also shares important knowledge/teachings about
the world to those who come in relation with it. From an Indigenous perspective,
knowledge about the world derives from relationships with place and therefore
lands and waters represent both a source of knowledge and are viewed as sacred
and give and sustain life. "
Exerpt from: Filiberto Barajas-López and Megan Bang. “Indigenous Making and Sharing: Claywork in an Indigenous STEAM Program.” Equity & Excellence in Education 51, no. 1 (2018): 7–20.
Moon In June Studio is based in Kenora, Ontario and offers unique, hand-made ceramics for daily functional use & decorative aesthetic enjoyment. If you don't mind getting your hands dirty, Aimee encourages you to gather some friends & book a pottery party where you can learn to make a set of pinch pots, or your very own mug from scratch! Aimee also offers one-on-one lessons for those who desire a more personalized learning experience. Being able to share her craft with future generations is important to Aimee & she has been fortunate to take part in the Artist In Residency programs offered in several elementary schools within her community. Aimee is a life-long learner; she graduated in June, 2022 with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Lakehead/Seven Generations Education Institute, and is currently working on a wild clay project to explore the abundant natural materials that exist right under her feet.
Living so close to the wilds of Northwestern Ontario has given Aimee a deep appreciation for the inherent beauty found within the natural world. Her creative style pays homage to brilliant star filled skies, cool shimmering lakes and rugged boreal forests thriving with flora & fauna. Aimee's work has a fresh woodsy feel to it: earthy, moody, whimsical, and often highly functional.
Aimee would like to acknowledge that she is of settler origins & resides on the traditional territory of the Anishinaabe and Métis of Treaty #3. Long before Aimee's ancestors arrived on Turtle Island, Indigenous peoples have been living in relationship with these lands she now calls home - Aimee is dedicated to learning from & working with Indigenous communities as a way to nurture meaningful and reciprocal relationships.
" Miguel describes clay as a living elder that keeps stories about lands and waters
and persists through the many transformations that the earth has undergone over
millions of years. Elder clay also shares important knowledge/teachings about
the world to those who come in relation with it. From an Indigenous perspective,
knowledge about the world derives from relationships with place and therefore
lands and waters represent both a source of knowledge and are viewed as sacred
and give and sustain life. "
Exerpt from: Filiberto Barajas-López and Megan Bang. “Indigenous Making and Sharing: Claywork in an Indigenous STEAM Program.” Equity & Excellence in Education 51, no. 1 (2018): 7–20.