Some time ago Port Moody Arts Centre's Kelly Doyle approached me to ask if TriCity Potters would be interested in undertaking another 'challenge' for a good cause. Spoiler alert.. we have been asked to make pendants for inclusion in a 'goody bag' for attendees at the Arts Centre's upcoming fundraiser,'Ladies Night Out' in August. We've already agreed to make flower pots for Amnesty International's Fall…
Guest blog by 'Art in the Country' director and TriCity potter, Susan Gorris http://www.timescolonist.com/obituary-victoria-ceramics-artist-walter-dexter-a-canadian-giant-1.1974949 Prompted by the recent death of Victoria BC artist Walter Dexter, friend and fellow TriCity potter Susan Gorris sent me some fine photos of him, taken four years ago. She had accompanied fellow sculptor Santo Mignosa to a reception celebrating BC's well-known clay artists in Victoria. Art Gallery of Greater Victoria…
When I received this invitation via Facebook from Sam Carter, Emeritus Professor at Emily Carr U I imagined that 'Mingei' would feature lots of fine ceramics as well as other 'folk art' from Japan. The show 'Mingei: Japan's Enduring Folk Arts' opened on Saturday afternoon at Burnaby's Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre. I had never found…
Three 'raiders' were here yesterday. This time Eric was joined by Renée Van Halm and Monique Fouquet. Alan was over in Victoria to be the External Examiner at a thesis defence at UVic so there were just four of us to have lunch together here. While I worked on getting a couple of jugbirds painted with my usual slips Eric painted his oval plates with underglazes. I had…
Last Wednesday we held our last TriCity Potters' meeting of the season. We've been the local group for clay artists for eight years now. To celebrate, as we usually do in June, we shared a special cake! Some members brought along a piece of pottery, either one of their own that they're particularly happy with or a piece that they have collected. These little show-and-tell…