I warned Alan that it was unlikely that I'd leave Willock & Sax gallery empty-handed. Manitoba potter Terry Hildebrand is achieving some lovely colours on his finely-thrown cups, bottles, bowls and tea-pots. They are soda-fired. Terry Hildebrand beaker At first I thought I'd buy a fine little mug but Alan thought something larger would be better, and Susan Sax-Willock brought out more for me to…
John Chalke I found Willock & Sax on our first evening in Banff, but I didn't manage to visit the gallery until after we'd checked out of the Bow View Inn on our last morning. The owner Susan Sax-Willock very kindly allowed me to take photos of pots all around the gallery and it is clear that specifically Western Canadian pots are featured. What a…
https://www.banffcentre.ca/visual-arts-facilities One week ago Alan and I returned from a wonderful week-long road trip to Banff. Sister nieces from Austin, TX and Boston, MA planned to fly to Calgary with their families and holiday in Banff. What a great excuse to get ourselves out of town and join them there for a few days! Although flying out of the country is still a step too…
For the last one hundred years BC's ceramics community has benefitted from the knowledge and skills that have been brought here by immigrants from around the world. The NorthWest Ceramics Foundations' latest speaker, Russell Hackney, is the third generation potter in his family to live and work in the five (arguably six) towns of Stoke-on-Trent. Born in Stoke-on-Trent, England, Russell Hackney comes from a long…
Bird Vessel It seems that I find myself constantly using birds as inspiration for my work. In this latest soda firing my pots are either birds or I've drawn them on the surface, using sgraffito.Here are some more angles on the bird vessel. My sister Mary says she has one from a long-ago trip to Peru that has a filling hole underneath so I think…