On the very day that we arrived home from England I was notified that an extra Soda Firing Workshop had been arranged at Shadbolt Centre because there were so many people on the waiting list. Of course I signed up there and then. But it meant that I needed to make my two cubic feet of ware between then, late September, and now. In the…
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…