Jacques Benoit is known for glazes he creates using clay he collects along the shores of the St. Lawrence River in Kamouraska, in Quebec’s Bas-Saint-Laurent region.
He learned the craft of pottery in Cap-Rouge in 1971 as an apprentice to Eugène Schneeberger, a Swiss master potter and instructor at the École des Beaux-Arts de Québec.
Jacques works from his intimate studio in his native Plateau-Mont-Royal, where he experiments with new materials and forms. Today, he passes on his knowledge to students, using the studio as an incubator for research and creation.
Meet Jacques in his Plateau-Mont-Royal atelier
