I've been noticing the quietly elegant mugs, teapots and pouring vessels made by Sarah Pike for a while. The pieces are well-thought-out and uncomplicated. At first I thought they were wheel-thrown, but no, they are all fabricated with slabs, impressed stamps and hand-built additions. Her glaze palette is restrained and remind one of the ancient rocks in her surrounding environment in Fernie, BC. On my…
I threw these ten jug bird bodies back in early October and kept them moist until I had time to continue working on them. Here they are just over a week ago when I had thrown a few more and I had got them all assembled with spouts and handles and slip-painted, waiting to dry. And this is a photo of my work from…
I finally unloaded a much-delayed kiln-load this week and my much-recovered husband was able to resume his role as my pot photographer. The work that has waited the longest to be fired is that made by my visitors from Austin, Texas back in October. Their very varied collection of tiles have all turned out well, so now I must pack those up and hope Canada…
Now that Alan is slowly recovering from his surgery I am finding time to get into my studio again. Local artist and TriCity Potter Gay Mitchell asked if she could come and paint any tiles that I have left over from workshops. She has a show scheduled for Gallery Bistro here in Port Moody at the end of November and I believe she'd like some…
It's time to write a catch-up blog. Some of you will know that my husband Alan has spent the summer waiting in line for open heart surgery. Finally on October 14th he reached the top of the list and his quadruple bypass operation at St Paul's hospital, in downtown Vancouver, was successful. He was in CSICU for four days and in a ward for another…