Published in Ceramics Monthly, March 2013
"Tony Clennell is the quintessential potter—according to Clennell, he was born to be a potter, it was like an imperative. Still his path to a life of mud-slinging had its twists and turns. Clennell’s first degree was in business and he worked in marketing for Kodak before heading back to the University of Western Ontario for his bachelor’s degree in education. The eve before he was to take up his assigned teaching post, he landed at the doorstep of the late Phil Aziz, a celebrated local artist in London, Ontario. After a three-hour conversation with a virtual stranger, Clennell packed up his Volkswagen bug and headed for the hills—to Banff, Alberta, Canada’s mecca for professional arts development, nestled within the snow-capped peaks of the Rocky Mountains..... "
