This is the second of two blogs on the new show at West Vancouver Museum. The previous one showed some of Sally Michener's sculptures. In this one I am posting work by Tam Irving. I first met Tam when he was long-time president of the BC Potters' Guild. It was a comfortable fit for him and for us in the clay community because the…
I've been looking forward to attending the opening of the current show at West Vancouver Museum for quite a while. Burnaby Mountain resident Dorothy Doherty and I drove the roughly one hour to West Vancouver and found the museum in a charming stone house. The museum's mission is to promote art, design and culture, and not, as I had slightly expected, to showcase local history.…
Last Friday we decided that my necessary trip out to Greenbarn Pottery Supplies in Surrey would be a good chance to enjoy the delightful Indian Summer we're having just now. Using the Golden Ears bridge over the Fraser it's about half an hour's drive to Greenbarn in North Surrey. After we'd had clay, underglazes, EPKaolin, pottery plaster, stilts, witness cones and wax loaded into the car…
I really hate to throw things away. Like lots of other potters I find many of my tools are repurposed wood, plastic and metal found objects. We lurk in hardware stores, 2nd hand stores and thrift shops to find a gizmo that will do a pottery related job better than the commercially made offerings. Recently I found some excellent knife blades which I'd typically saved - for…
The final two Raiders in August were Cindy Richmond and Mina Totino. They each painted four plates so will be accumulating nice sets for themselves. Cindy chose to show more defined shapes on this day's plates, but stuck with a gentle, soft selection of colours. She has circles,…