There's always something new to see on a visit to Granville Island! Last Wednesday, July 4th, Alan and I drove into town for me to deliver a new selection of pots to Circle Craft. The traffic to get on to the Island was horrendous, but we found a parking spot near the old Art School and walked along Johnson street towards the Market and the…
Now that the Port Moody Solstice Shuffle is history it's time to get back to my usual routine. The three 'Raiders' who showed up here last Friday asked if we could please, please have another Raid soon. So after delivering those jugbirds to Crafthouse YVR on Monday I shelved my remaining pots and fished out Wonder White earthenware clay. Even though it's summertime slab-formed plates…
After the busy Friday evening of Shuffle in Port Moody I was pleased to relax over the weekend. Friends dropped by on both days to see my display before I cleared up the space for it to become a studio again. But on Monday morning I packed ten good jugbirds into a wine box and trundled out to Vancouver Airport. Several weeks…
For the last few weeks I've been focussing on the goal of getting a small flock of jugbirds ready for Crafthouse YVR and preparing for Port Moody's 'Shuffle'. Last Wednesday I opened the kiln and was pleased to find that my thirteen jugbirds had fired well, so ten were put aside and tomorrow I'll pop out to Vancouver Airport with them.…
The Fraser Valley Potters' Guild has a juried show for its members every year and they make a point of taking the show to galleries all over the Fraser Valley and Greater Vancouver. This year, for the first time, this large group of potters has chosen Port Moody Arts Centre and 'Clay Explorations' opened there last night. As a very long-time but now lapsed member of…