Eric and Marlene like to stick with rimmed plates, whereas the others prefer rimless, perhaps because they are less 'domestic' and more like a canvas. Eric is continuing with his current series, using a limited selection of strong opaque colours, with straight lines and angles and unexpected curves. On one he has introduced yellow, in equal…
I opened the glaze kiln this morning and am happy with the results. There are sixteen new plates, one re-fire (a little speck of kiln wash had fallen on one last time) and just one piece of mine. The next firing will be a new group of my jugbirds. Alan has, as usual, taken good photos in our booth so I'll post them in three…
New Zealand potter Chris Weaver has been here in BC for the last week. Local salt potters Jackie Frioud and Cathi Jefferson invited him to give a couple of workshops while he is on a working trip to North America. Last week he gave a workshop and salt firing at Cathi's kiln in the Cowichan Valley and this weekend he did a demo-only workshop at…
Four of us decided to travel in to Vancouver and Burnaby together last Thursday evening. That way we only needed one parking spot on Granville Island. June MacDonald drove Ysabella Choung, Dorothy Doherty and me. Dorothy and I have pieces in the Gallery of BC Ceramics's current member show 'Testing.. Testing 123' and we met up with Keith and Celia Rice-Jones as we entered. They…
A friend and patron sent me this video this evening. These beautiful birds are happily using one of my bird feeders! How happy does that make me feel?! I've posted it here because if I just post it on Facebook it'll disappear eventually and this way I can admire these birds whenever I like. Anybody care to identify les oiseaux? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGep0V7SZ-8&feature=youtu.be