I'm posting photos of the latest painted plates in two blogs.The work was really bold and colourful this time. Eric chose his usual oval plate form, one white and one terra cotta. I applied grey slip to the white one and he uses red, turquoise and black for the design. This combination has become a new favourite for…
Here are some photos taken at last night's Opening at the Gallery of BC Ceramics. This month's show is titled 'Celebration' and it marks sixty years since the BC Potters Guild was formed. I have to admit being a member back in the early seventies, but I am not a founding member! Current members were invited to submit up to three pieces to the show…
On Wednesday I was able to empty a very full kiln load. My pieces were on the top shelf and all the lower shelves were filled with twenty plates painted by my recent 'raiders'. In the next day or two I'll post nice photos Al took in our light box of all the work. Yesterday I packed up all the plates and took them in…
Chilliwack potter Holly McKeen was our guest at last Wednesday's TriCity Potters' meeting. Holly gave us a Power Point Presentation on her remarkable and speedy career in pottery. She also brought along quite a few pieces of her distinctive crystal-glazed work and finished up with a little demonstration of her method of producing a functional lasagne dish. Only about twelve years ago Holly and her husband…
As Linda mentioned in the previous post, venerable Vernon potter Bob Kingsmill entertained us while we ate our lunch on Saturday with tales of Axel Ebring. Bob moved to Vernon four years after the old potter died but he has collected stories about and pots made by Axel Ebring ever since. http://www.vernonmuseum.ca/cr_axel_ebring.html The events at Shadbolt Centre this past weekend mark the BC Potters…