One week ago four Raiders were here for the day and, unbelievably, I emptied the kiln this afternoon to see all the finished plates. I had work by Philippe and Mina left from an earlier 'Raid' so I decided to just fill the kiln for the bisque and glaze firings and not make them wait for any of my work to be finished. …
This week's glaze firing contained 48 glaze tests. I am looking for a reliable clear glaze which will be suitable for both my favourite D'arcy's Redart and a white earthenware. So I had made 12 testers in each of: D'arcy's, Plainsman F100, SPS LF06 and Georgie's Wonder White. Of each 12 I left 4 plain, painted 4 with underglazes and 4 with slips and then glazed…
After we'd had a good look at this month's show, From Ashes to Art, at the Gallery of BC Ceramics, we took a good look around the rest of the gallery and Melissa pointed out some of the new artists who've been juried in. Sorry, I didn't get them all recorded but here are some that caught my attention. Amelia Butcher has an intriguing collection of…
June, Linda and I attended the opening of the latest show at the Gallery of BC Ceramics "From Ashes to Art" on Thursday May 4th. Luckily for you it will be up until May 27th but if perchance you can't get in to Granville Island, take a look at some photos here. Four artists who have been firing their work in Shadbolt…
A few weeks ago Vancouver ceramic artist David Robinson was the presenter for our April TriCity Potters' meeting. David is a wildly popular teacher of children's clay classes at Place des Arts, in Coquitlam and he says that working with children is a real pleasure. Adults, not so much. He gave us a charming presentation on his life so far, from a hippie childhood in…