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Read more about the article Ciara Phillips at Western Front

Prints made by Vancouver children who took Ciara's workshop

Ciara Phillips at Western Front

http://canadianart.ca/features/art-as-childs-play-recent-art-projects-with-kids-in-vancouver/ Just over a week ago Ciara Phillips' residency at Western Front ended with a Saturday afternoon 'closing' event. Sadly I didn't get in to Vancouver that day, so didn't meet the children with whom she's been working or see the final display of their collaborative work. But on the previous Wednesday when I dropped off painted plates Eric took me in to…

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May 9th, 2016

Read more about the article New Jugbirds.

Grey Jugbird w. Orange Bill

Gillian's work

New Jugbirds.

My local galleries have been neglected lately so I'm pleased to have fired another group of jugbirds in with all the plates painted by my 'Raiders'. Most of the birds will be delivered to the Gallery of BC Ceramics and to Circle Craft Co-op this week and I'll drop off the plates at Eric's home in the Western Front. But taking the time to go in to town is…

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April 25th, 2016

Visiting artists

Some more plates

The other plates in my latest firing were by Eric Metcalfe and new visitor to my studio, Ciara Phillips, and one piece each from Philippe Raphanel and Mina Totino. The previous kiln was so full that I didn't get plates by the last two in so they've had to wait quite a while. Eric's new plates are the boldest I've ever seen him do! He says these are…

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April 25th, 2016

Visiting artists

Latest plates

My most recent firing was completely full and I was pleased to see that the temperature was even from top to bottom, with good clear glaze enhancing everybody's work. I'll post photos of work by Renée Van Halm and Monique Fouquet first. Renée had asked for another large round platter so that's the mainly green one. She also painted two of the new coupe plates,…

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April 25th, 2016

Vancouver Art / Visiting artists

April Raid (updated)

We'd planned a mini-'Raid' this week, as Renée and Monique wanted to do some plate-painting before they head out of town to their respective rural studios and I was happy to have some more work to fill my kiln. I gather another Raid will take place in early May. Eric had been working on a plate in his home at the Western Front but then…

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April 16th, 2016

Gillian McMillan combines a true love for birds, a fine eye for colour, hands which have learnt to mould clay, and a free-flying imagination ready to form a bird into a jug, or a jug into a bird. Either way, the combination of bird form and jug shape is without pretence.