On this below-freezing day here on the West Coast it's a perfect day to finish off some stoneware pots and think about posting some photos of my recent glaze firing of earthenware. Just over a week ago just two Raiders, Mina and Michelle, joined me for a work day. As it turned out their few plates just helped me to fill my kiln for a…
Kate Metten is a potter and a painter. She graduated from Emily Carr University of Art & Design in 2017 and has recently completed an apprenticeship with Vancouver clay artist Gailan Ngan. Her studio pottery is finely thrown and meticulously glazed in quiet colours. But when she has joined the Raiders here in my studio she has taken the opportunity to paint abstract designs on…
How can we be so far into January? I had planned to get a kiln load of earthenware pieces, including some more plates for Raiders made by now. At this point I have some jugbirds and yunomis waiting to be painted and I've thrown and assembled two special Rhytons. The latter just need to dry now and the plan is for Eric to paint them…
For my first blog of 2019 I'd like to draw attention to the current show at Port Moody Arts Centre. The opening was a week ago now, and there have been lots of photos on facebook showing this remarkable show, 'Breathing Space'. As usual I found myself drawn to the ceramics component of the exhibit so forgive me if most of the photos are of pots. …
While we busy ourselves with Christmas shopping and baking, gift-wrapping and good wishes-mailing, my artist friend Eric Metcalfe spends every day completing one or two extraordinary drawings or little paintings. He listens to Classical music, preferably Handel, or some of his vast collection of Jazz. But recently he was listening to news from South of here and became increasingly angry. The resulting drawings are of…