"It seems that I have always been travelling somewhere."
Margot Page was born in India in 1944 and spent her childhood in England. Her family moved to Montreal when she was eleven years old.
She started out as a freelance Fashion Illustrator in Montreal.
Then in 1969, she was hired by Sheridan College of Applied Arts & Technology in Oakville, Ontario, to teach drawing to fashion design students. Three years later, she was teaching general drawing and searching for another medium for her own drawings, which had always been black and white. Another instructor introduced her to the art of Enamelling. She has been producing enamels ever since.
In 1986, she and her partner sailed to Vancouver Island. Now, after ten years of sailing the world's oceans, Margot's enamelled works reflect her love of seabirds, flowers, and exotica, which she mounts on a variety of media.
Margot uses a pencil to draw the birds, sealife, flowers, and people directly onto the sheet steel. She then cuts out the shapes with a carbon blade using a table bandsaw. When cut, the edges are de-burred on the grinder, and the steel is cleaned of any grease or impurities from the cold-rolling process.
The glazes are finely ground silicates. They are sifted into the cleaned steel using fine mesh shakers of various sizes. The piece is then placed onto a trivet and fired in a preheated kiln and timed. The high heat process fuses the powder into molten glass. The variety of colours can be manipulated to create a multitude of finishes. Margot takes her images and mounts them onto specifically chosen surfaces, glass vases and plates.
Margot Page is an active member of an artisan's cooperative, Imagine That! Artisans' Designs, in Duncan, BC, Canada. When she is not in her studio/workshop, you may be able to catch her at the cooperative shop on 251 Craig Street.
Copyright © 2002 - 2024 Margot Page, Duncan, British Columbia CANADA
Photographs on About, Contact, Gallery pages by Heather Wade
Photographs on About, Contact, Gallery pages by Heather Wade