Some months ago retired Langara College ceramics instructor Don Hutchinson phoned to invite me to give a workshop to Semiahmoo Potters in South Surrey. Since retirement Don has been active with this group of potters and he explained to me that he thought I could talk to them about earthenware, the making of silly birds and the use of colourful slips. These are all things…
What a fine excuse to take an overnight trip to beautiful Saltspring Island! I was delighted to be selected a finalist for Salt Spring Island Ceramic Awards 2018, 'Makers in Action'. Two years ago Salt Spring Potters Guild invited Vancouver Island and Gulf Island residents to submit entries but this year they invited clay artists from anywhere in the province to send images of up…
Remind me not to plan a trip to Cambridge on a Monday! On the last Monday of our European holiday Al and I lumped my pots from South London onto the train to Cambridge to keep an appointment with Jeremy Waller of Primavera Gallery. Trouble is, the Fitzwilliam Museum, the Cambridge Archaeology Museum and Kettle's Yard Gallery are all closed on a Monday. …
What happened to September? Alan and I were 'across the pond' for three weeks and now we're just recovering from the dreaded jet lag. We spent time with my family members in London, Salisbury and Berlin and added a super bus tour through Spain and Portugal. You can imagine how many photos I took there! I hope to share selected best ones over the next…
After I'd removed my jugbirds and two bird plates, and the plates that had been bisqued again, there were only eight finished Raiders' plates. Eric, Mina, Michelle, Tamara, Kate and Pierre, here are some of yours. Cindy, Philippe and Marlene, yours are in the second glaze firing now, along with more by the others. Kate has two little triangular dishes to admire. …