I like sharing the space in my kiln with all those painted plates. It means that I can fire however many of my pieces are ready without wasting electricity or waiting until I have made enough to fill the kiln. Last week I added Bill Thomson's large plate for a re-fire and then when all the packing was done I found that I had one…
When my dear brother Bill was spending his last days in the hospice last October, his wife, my sister-in-law Lottie, sent me a poem and a photo. She had dreamed of birds flying away to warmer climes after the summer and wondered if the dream had been inspired by the old-fashioned bird design on the hospice room curtains. As I awoke this morning, I dreamt of…
Last Monday I waxed all the bisque-fired plates and jugbirds, and because it was a warm day I was able to get the glazing done and then reloaded the kiln. So it was firing all the next day while Alan and I went in to St Paul's Hospital, Vancouver to meet the cardiac surgeon. When that was over we treated ourselves to lunch in Vancouver…
Once again some Vancouver artists drove out to Port Moody to spend a day painting plates. Yesterday's 'Raiders' were Eric Metcalfe, Mina Totino and first-time-visitor Elizabeth Zvonar. All three jumped right in to work, Eric carefully drawing and then painting two more plates in his new series of 'Dazzle' images, Mina painting right away on three of the rimless coupe plates and later, a larger oval…
Port Moody Arts Centre's current Ceramic Artist-in-Residence Ray Tse has now completed his year here. Along with supervising the Tuesday Open Studio clay drop-in sessions and teaching pottery classes he has been using his studio in the Arts Centre to make impressive sculptures for his final show. Last January we invited Ray to speak to TriCity Potters and at that time…