We finished our brief island holiday by staying with friends in Duncan on Friday night. Cathi Jefferson had let me know that on the Saturday morning she would be at the farmer's market in downtown Duncan. So we had a brief visit there. This busy woman has recently returned from a residency in Jingdezhen and teaching a University class in Victoria. Her beautifully thrown and…
When we got off the ferries from Hornby and Denman Islands at Buckley Bay we headed north towards Courtney and Comox. I wanted to find 'The Potters' Place' in Courtney first. It is a pottery shop in a little mall off the main street. Better signage would have been helpful! http://www.thepottersplace.ca/about_potters_place.htm Once inside, I was impressed at the large space, where each artist has a…
Hornby Island relies on well water so the residents must save all the water they can. What to do with unsightly water storage tanks? Have a competition to enhance them. We started to notice them on our first night on the island and asked why there is a Campbell Soup can beside the road. Public Art can be such fun, and so controversial! Here…
Of course we had to find the studios of Wayne Ngan, Heinz Laffin and Gerhard Kozel. I think we first visited Wayne and Heinz on a camping trip to Hornby Island in the early seventies. There are two potteries on Ostby Road, north of the Co-op. First, on the right, we found the studio shared by Heinz Laffin, Gerhard Kozel and Mette Wullum. Just as…
On Wednesdays and Saturdays during the summer there is a Farmer's Market on Hornby Island. Near the community hall there is an area of forest reserved for this. Some produce-sellers, but mostly artists and craftspeople can leave their semi-permanent display shelves set up amongst the trees. For returning holiday makers it is a not-to-be-missed event and of course for the sellers this means that there…