Our scheduled Spring soda firing was obviously postponed and we, TriCity Potters, were pleased to learn that Jay MacLennan was organizing one for our group in October but that it would be run very differently from before. When I'd sent my parcels of pots off to London, Ontario, in late September I quickly changed gear and threw a group of stoneware pots for the…
I popped down to Port Moody Arts Centre/PoMoArts on Thursday. Two shows have been installed for a while now. One is the annual 'ART 4 LIFE' show of whimsical and thought-provoking works intended for the young and young-at-heart. The other show is part of the Ceramic Artist-in-Residence deal. The invited clay artist has a studio, use of the Centre's ceramic facilities, the opportunity to teach…
I was astonished to have Jonathon Bancroft-Snell phone me early last Thursday morning. He said the three boxes had arrived.. in less than a week.. and that he planned to include opening them in that day's videotape. He does this every Thursday so that his customers can see what is new each week. Ten minutes later I was ready with my coffee for a happy…
Where did the week go? Since opening the kiln on Monday I haven't worked on pots at all. Photographing the new work, deciding which pieces would go to Jonathon's Gallery in London, Ontario, pricing them, finding or buying boxes and bubble wrap, a whole day wrapping and then, yesterday, labelling the boxes and delivering them to our local 7-11 postal outlet, have occupied me. It…
My kiln was finally cool enough to open yesterday morning and I'm pleased that all the plates and jugbirds look delicious. The loon's lid fits nicely and didn't get stuck in the firing. Now I have a couple of weeks to get eighteen pieces of my work carefully packed and mailed to Jonathon's Gallery in London, Ontario. I already have half a dozen fine soda…