Susan Edgerley is one of the most innovative and outstanding glass sculptors in Canada. Edgerley has been involved with Espace Verre (Centre des métiers du verre du Québec) since 1988. She has taught at the school and served as the facility's president, bringing to both positions dedication and innovation. Edgerley is an exceptional artist who works in glass and other craft media (paper, metal, wood) to create a personal vision that comments on the fragility of life.

Edgerley has conducted workshops and given lectures throughout North America, in Belgium and in Spain. She has exhibited across Canada and in China, Finland, Germany and the United States. In 2000, she organized the exhibition of Canadian glass 10 North for the Glass Art Society's International Conference in New York; and in 2002, she was a member of the Canadian Mission to the Glass Art Society's International Conference in Amsterdam. Edgerley's pieces can be found in numerous private and public collections, including the Canadian Museum of Civilization, the Musée national des beaux arts du Québec, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the Claridge Collection, Montreal, and the Wuspum Museum in Wisconsin.

Michael Hosaluk, recognized as one of the world's most creative wood "turners", is based near Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Hosaluk is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy, is active on the Steering and Advisory committees of the Furniture Society of North America and was the coordinator of the biennial International Wood Furniture/Turning Conference from 1982-2002. His work has been exhibited throughout Canada, the United States, England, Germany and Japan. Hosaluk's pieces can also be found in the permanent collections of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Buckingham Palace; Zhao Xiu, Governor of Jilin Province, China; Idemitsu Corporation, Tokyo; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the Detroit Institute of Arts; the Yale University Art Gallery; the Minneapolis Institute of Arts; and the Royal Ontario Museum. "Scratching the Surface: Michael Hosaluk" is a monograph on the artist's work released in 2002 by Guild Publishing.

Paul Mathieu, one of Canada's most highly respected ceramic artists, is based in Vancouver, British Columbia and teaches at the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design. He has lectured and demonstrated throughout Canada, Australia, the United States, France, Hungary and Mexico and has written extensively about ceramics in major international publications. Mathieu's articles on ceramics are used as course material at colleges and universities across Canada, and he has recently published Sexpots: Eroticism in Ceramics a book that advocates awareness of contemporary ceramics to a broad audience. In 2000, Paul Mathieu received the Jean A. Chalmers National Craft Award, considered one of Canada's most prestigious visual arts prizes. Mathieu's pieces can be found in the permanent collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; the Museum for Contemporary Ceramic Art, Shigaraki, Japan; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the Nelson Fine Arts Center, Kansas City; the Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto; the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; the Musée national des beaux arts du Québec; and the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario.

Walter Ostrom is internationally recognized as a major force in the world of contemporary ceramics. Based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Ostrom is currently Professor of Ceramics at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Ostrom is regarded internationally as a technical and academic expert in low-fire maiolica production. Walter Ostrom has conducted hundreds of lectures and demonstrations in Canada, the United States, Europe, Asia and Australia. His pieces can be found in the permanent collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; the Academy of Art and Design, Tsinghua University, Beijing; the Boston Museum of Fine Arts; the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, New York; the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia; the Burlington Arts Centre, Ontario; the Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax; the Claridge Collection, Montreal; and the Canadian Museum of Civilization.

Gordon Peteran is one of Canada's leading artists creating site-specific works of art and furniture for public and private spaces. Based in Toronto, Ontario, Peteran's work has been exhibited throughout Canada and the United States. He is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy and in 2001 received the Jean A. Chalmers National Craft Award, considered one of Canada's most prestigious visual arts prizes. Peteran has been an active lecturer and educator at the Rhode Island School of Design, the California College of Art and Crafts, Sheridan College School of Art and Design and the Ontario College of Art & Design.

Peteran's public art commissions include work for the City of Toronto; the Glenn Gould Foundation; the Canadian Crafts Museum, Vancouver; the University of Toronto; and the Whitby Psychiatric Hospital. His work is represented in numerous private and corporate collections.