Forrest Hutchinson was raised in Vernon and first worked in clay in Junior High School. He attended the Alberta College of Art intending to become a commercial artist. By the second year of art school, he switched to the pottery department and has worked with clay ever since.

Forrest had his own studio in Vernon for three years, then decided that he needed more education and attended U.B.C. obtaining a B.Ed. which led to a teaching position at Northern Lights College in Fort St. John. When that job was discontinued, he returned to Lumby and has been working there ever since.

"My work has progressed through a number of phases from thrown production ware and hand-built production pieces to where presently, I am working on sculptural wall pieces and functional stoneware pottery," says Forrest. "This move to sculpture has brought about a combining of my work in clay and the printmaking methods I have worked with over the years. The brilliant colors of monoprints and drawings are combined with the 3D and Textural qualities of clay."

Forrest has his studio outside Lumby and provides sculpture and pottery.