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Watch how Jason Holley takes his pottery from virtual reality to the kiln

Step inside Jason Holley's studio and see how he uses virtual reality to create porcelain tumblers.

Meet an innovative ceramic artist in the first episode of new series, Drawn To It

This N.L. artist combines virtual reality with pottery

5 years ago
Duration 2:37
In the first installment of Drawn to It, Jason Holley creates porcelain tumblers using virtual reality.

Combining virtual reality with pottery may seem like an odd pairing, but for Jason Holley, it's a perfect match.

Holley took his first pottery class in 2004 and immediately fell in love with it, and has been working with clay full-time ever since. And two years ago, he was introduced to virtual reality.

Holley splits his time between a shared studio space in St. John's and a studio in Twillingate.

"I live in my studio. Right now I literally live in my studio in Twillingate," he saidwith a laugh. "When I'm working, I work 12- to 14-hour days. By the time I'm set up and moving, it just doesn't make sense to me to stop, so I stop when I'm too exhausted to keep moving."

A self-proclaimed geek, Holley was experimenting with his friend's virtual reality headsetwhen he came across the program Google Blocks, which he likens to playing with Lego.

It wasn't long before Holleyrealized he could use it as a creative tool.

With the sharp angles, geometric shapes and swirling colours, the finished product has been comparedto an iceberg. But for Holley, this connection to the province is not something he consciously set out to do.

"I come at it from process, but I seem to always make things that people see Newfoundland in," said Holley.

Take a look at Holley's creations in the first episode of new series, Drawn To It, in the video player above.