Douglas College opened in 1970 with campuses in New Westminster, Richmond and Surrey. That is when my husband Alan was hired to teach Anthropology there, and also when artists Laura Wee Lay Laq (who now carries the ancestral name Lumlamelut) and Marcus Bowcott started taking classes in Ceramics at the Surrey campus under their fondly-remembered mentor Fred Owen. By the following year Alan and I had decided…
The opening of TriCity Potters' show 'A Celebration in Clay' was last Thursday evening, in Port Moody Arts Centre. We are celebrating our first ten years with five pieces from each participating member. There was no theme, we were simply asked to submit our selected best. To give the show some cohesion it was decided that we would also acknowledge the local area's natural…
When I was in Circle Craft Co-op last Wednesday I saw that Friederike Rahn had just finished setting up a display of work by those Shadbolt Centre instructors and staff who have fired their work in the wood and soda kilns there. Last Cone Standing is one of many ceramic shows all around the Lower Mainland which have been organized to coincide with the Shadbolt's…
When I was in the Gallery of BC Ceramics last Wednesday I was pleased to have a chance to see Stephanie Jonsson's show 'Spurious Synthetics'. It turned out to be the last week of her show, so this little blog will provide a glimpse of her sculptures for those who have now missed it. The next show 'The Best of BC' of work by BCPG…
When I popped in to Eric Metcalfe's little studio at the Western Front to drop off plates I was confronted with some great art work. On his table rested a huge porcelain jar, made in JingdeZhen and painted collaboratively by Paul Mathieu and Eric himself. What a super combination of their two, very compatible ways of painting on clay. The two men meet for tea…