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Paul & Eric

Today's blog will be an homage to two artists who are important in my life: Paul Mathieu and Eric Metcalfe. Paul recently sent me an email with a link to his digital Ceramics History publication, "The Art of the Future" so that I can include it in a blog. It's long but it is a well-researched reference for students which he put together during the years…

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Mitra Mahmoodi

The guest speaker for TriCity Potters' November meeting was Vancouver Ceramist Mitra Mahmoodi. We were treated to a delightful and well-planned presentation, with a biographical slide show, followed by a demonstration of her process. Mitra had brought along several finished pieces as well as leather-hard forms to show how she makes each one. Mitra Mahmoodi is a full-time ceramic artist based in Vancouver, whose work…

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G Lohan sculptures

Our Crawl

The weather was perfect for this year's Eastside Culture Crawl, with no rain or snow. Alan and I chose to drive in to Vancouver on Friday evening to begin crawling. The annual Visual Arts, Design and Crafts Festival is now enormous so we made a list of studios to visit on our first planned crawl for this year. I had hoped to post my blog…

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Read more about the article West Country days
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West Country days

Let's see if I can complete the accounts of my English holiday with this blog. I had just three days to spend with my sister Mary, enjoy Salisbury again, see some friends and find another potter. On the Monday I'd arranged to have lunch with my god-daughter Amanda and her husband Clive. Their new home is Mallard House so of course I needed to make a…

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Mint Gallery

The Wallace Collection & Mint

We emerged from Contemporary Ceramics at 3 o'clock, hungry! At Prêt á Manger we considered what else we could see nearby. (Could said eatery please open a few venues in the Vancouver area?). My London relatives suggested that the Wallace Collection isn't far away, so we hopped on the tube for a short ride. On entering the Wallace Collections' elegant building Mel asked where we…

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