When clouds weren't obscuring the lovely sun yesterday morning I dashed outside and photographed my brand-new jugbirds on a suitable tree stump or garden walkway, wherever a bird might happen to hesitate. Later in the day I enjoyed a jaunt in to Granville Island. At Circle Craft I borrowed back half a dozen of my best salt-fired pieces to show to ArtWalk guests. And Vincent…
I didn't go to the Saturday opening of the Fraser Valley Potters' show at Maple Ridge Art Gallery. We had a young man here tidying up our 100-yr-old cedar tree and removing low branches. It was too tempting to stay here and take advantage of an unusual dry day, watch Brian up the tree and putz around arranging bricks next to my garden. Al tackled…
Here is the ArtWalk pdf with the map for your walk around Port Moody. Make a point of attending the Evening Reception on the Friday evening before, April 15th so that you can plan which artists to visit. I am #12 on the map. Can you see my Pileated Woodpecker on the brochure? AC.ArtwalkBrochureFinalMap
Finally we had some sunshine today - no warmth! But it is cheering not to be looking at rain or even hail. A full bisque kiln load turned itself off around lunch time so I spent a happy afternoon working in my studio on those things you don't want to do when pots need work. I mixed up a batch of wadding and 'Yellow Salt'…
Tonight June MacDonald and I plan to drive out to Maple Ridge for this year's Fraser Valley Potters Guild jurying evening. For many years Fraser Valley PG has been the only local guild to host an annual members' show for which they bring in an outside juror. It is always an interesting exhibition of the multitude of processes we all use. Galleries around the Fraser…