The show that opened last Thursday at Port Moody Arts Centre features work by adults who are taking classes there. It's a special occasion to be able to exhibit your best painting when you have taken a class or two. Painting instructor Agata Teodorowicz has obviously inspired her students, and their work in oils shows the guidance of a gifted teacher.Not enough clay enthusiasts took…
Two weeks ago, on the day after we returned from Alan's exciting few days in Whistler I had four artists here to paint plates and I threw the bodies of four new jugbirds. At some point I inserted and shaped the spouts/bills but it wasn't until yesterday that I found time to attach handles. It's been a busy time. I thought I'd post some photos…
Another bisque firing last weekend took care of maybe half of my stoneware pieces for the next salt kiln and the latest painted plates, this time by Eric, Katie, Jacqui and Marian. The glaze firing was just for their work. I had no earthenware work to add to it but I don't mind firing with half a kiln, the cost of electricity isn't too…
It might make more sense to read today's three blogs in the reverse order. I wrote the third, below, first. Each of the artists in the High Fire Culture show had a Yunomi displayed on individual shelves. I photographed the ones that appealed to me. At the end of Shelly Rosenblum's talk in the second gallery yesterday we watched as Martin Peters…
The North-West Ceramic Foundation sponsored talks to accompany the Ceramic show at Satellite gallery. Potter and Researcher Nora Vaillant walked around the exhibit, explaining the relationships between the featured potters and their mentors. All demonstrate clearly their passion for the Leach/Hamada philosophy. This is not to say that they never work outside this aesthetic but, like many of us, they are cheerfully influenced by the…