On the evening before Gailan Ngan's solo show opened at Coquitlam's Art Gallery/Evergreen I happened to be there to see 'Onegin' in the theatre. I knew the show was due to open on the next day, March 7th and asked if I could have a sneak peek. I was allowed.. so my photos have no people in them at all. The invitation says: 'Ngan…
Bob from Manitoba responded to my blog on the Thomas Kakinuma show at West Vancouver Museum in February: Hi, My name is Bob and I live in Winnipeg Manitoba. I have bought a few pieces of Thomas's pottery around here. Two brown birds with spots on them(1 wings open,1 wings closed). A couple vases about 7" tall(1 birds in flight around it, the other has…
'Contemporary embroidered textiles on the related themes of sailing, navigation and weather'. Bettina Matzkuhn is an embroiderer. She is a painter with fabric, linens and threads. I wondered how she would fill The ACT/Maple Ridge Art Gallery with embroideries so I chose to take myself out to Maple Ridge to see her show, on the Saturday afternoon when she was scheduled to give an…
There have been a number of notable events in my world recently and I've been too busy making plates, firing pots or enjoying time with our grandsons to sit down and write a blog. But I don't want any more time to pass before I record the 'Evening of Recognition'. Kay and Eliza accompanied me to the Craft Council of BC Gallery (previously Crafthouse), on…
After some juggling of dates we finally found a day when a group of Raiders could get together for another enjoyable day of working in my studio. Pierre Coupey drove out here from West Vancouver and the other five, Eric, Mina, Philippe, Michelle and Marlene came from Vancouver. Several of my guests are asking for larger platters and plates these days so I did spend…