On Wednesday evening, a week ago, Ceramic artist Malory Tate was the presenter for TriCity Potters' March meeting. Since last Fall she has occupied the little pottery studio in the clay department of Port Moody Arts Centre as this year's Ceramic Artist in Residence. Malory grew up in Kamloops BC, the daughter of literary parents who gave her the romantic name. Perhaps this is why…
The remaining space in my kiln was filled with the jugbirds I managed to get finished in February. I've already posted a photo of a new Rooster when he was leather hard and freshly painted with underglaze and terra sigillata. Now I was looking forward to seeing how he'd look after the glaze firing. I'm pleased with his comb and wattle and glaring eyes!…
On my way in to Vancouver on Tuesday, for that meeting at the Ceramics Gallery and to collect my remaining stock, I stopped in at the Western Front. The latest plates had emerged from the kiln that morning and Al quickly took photos of them. There was a bit of a rush for one particular platter that Eric Metcalfe had painted. He explained to me…
February has been a tumultuous month for BC's Ceramic community. At the end of January BC Potters' Guild President Laura Carey sent an email to members notifying us that the Gallery would be closing at the end of February. A final show 'The Guiding Hand' featuring the wood-fired work of Past President Jinny Whitehead opened on Feb 1st. I had a cold and didn't attend.…
Life seems to be 'on hold' today, mainly because the forecast snowfall is happening. We were warned.. yesterday was a gorgeous sunny cold day and I made good use of it. This week's creations dried over the previous night and I carefully transported all the finished plates and my jugbirds out to the kiln shed. It's a bit of a worry because there was snow…