Salty Sea Dog Designs combines Blair’s talent for creating adorable 3D animals and Sarah’s love of vibrant colours. Utilizing both artists skills created a distinct look and unique style that has become well known and instantly recognizable. Salty Sea Dog Designs is a true collaboration between Blair and Sarah Dawes.

Each piece of pottery takes both partners to create. Sarah throws all of the forms on the potters wheel and Blair hand sculpts all the details. Often times, Sarah hand paints all of the creations, but Blair has been known to help out when he’s needed. Illustrations are the work of Blair, but Sarah does give constructive feedback to shape those as well.

Blair and Sarah’s love of animals and the sea are often the focus when creating designs. They love creating designs that remind them of their travels, adventures and creatures that are less well known and have great personalities.

Here are some fun facts about Blair.
Blair loves castles and wants to visit as many as he can in his life time. Although Blair has never visited Toronto, ON, he is a die hard Toronto Maple Leafs fan and has been since he was a little kid. His favourite food is Kraft Dinner. He once ate KD for every meal for 30 days and still loves it. Blair is deathly afraid of sharks and sea nasties but would surf every single day if he could.

Here are some fun facts about Sarah.
Sarah loves dogs and would run through traffic to pet a dog if she could. Sarah says her favourite colour is yellow, but in real life it’s probably teal. Her favourite food is anything chocolate, except if its cake. She will choose vanilla every time. Sarah is super scared of thunder and lightening but knows she has to keep her cool to show her dog its no big deal.