October Raid 2022

Today we had another Raid! RenĂ©e van Halm had contacted a small group to settle on a day and this morning she arrived here at 10am with Eric Metcalfe, Monique Fouquet and David MacWilliam. https://www.moniquefouquet.com https://reneevanhalm.squarespace.com https://davidmacwilliam.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Metcalfe ready for a Raid The artists quickly settled on which plates they'd like to paint today. David was here for a Raid a long time ago so…

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Vin Arora

Pottery enthusiasts who came to TriCity Potters' recent meeting at PoMoArts had a chance to check out 'Art4Life' in the gallery. It is a show that features a large group of artists who make work that appeals to all ages. Here is a photo of most of them, taken at the opening last week. Three TriCity Potters members have work in the show.https://pomoarts.ca/exhibitions/art-4-life-2022-1 Art4Life artists…

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Timeless Pastimes

Port Moody Arts Centre/PoMoArts is managing to keep its gallery open in spite of current restrictions on gatherings. Protocols are strictly observed so that when I stopped by one day last week I wore a mask, signed in and hand-sanitized. I was the only visitor to the Blackberry gift shop and the three galleries at that time, but was happy to find ever-enthusiastic gallery manager…

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Razzle Dazzle

With no particular pressures to make specific pots in May I used my studio time to make anything other than jugbirds. Well, yes there were two. I made a loopy salt shaker just because ours is too small and falls over. I threw yunomis and made slab plates with a plan to use them for colour experiments. There are half a dozen new mugs, with…

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Raiders Trade

Now that the Christmas holiday is over and people are going back to work and school tomorrow I find I'm ready to get into my studio and to see my clay friends again. We enjoyed a super family and friends get-together with 14 of us at Steve and Jen's home in Pitt Meadows for Christmas Day, some good walks when the sun came out and…

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