Yesterday was another busy day, with three 'Raiders' here to paint plates all day, and then a TriCity Potters' meeting in the evening. There will be a set of six plates, painted by a selected group of Vancouver artists, to be donated to the annual Western Front Gala in a month or two. I was asked to design a new shape, an oval plate without…
Back in early December I made 75+ tiles for a fireplace surround in a Courtney house. It was a tricky arithmetical challenge because I wanted to choose a tile size that would not require any to be cut to fit in the space, but clay shrinks. In the end I cut out two different sizes and they were all 10 percent bigger than what I want…
Just before the current shows on the second and third floors of Vancouver Art Gallery closed I took a day to trundle into town to see them. To avoid parking there I took the 160 bus a block from my home and hopped off two blocks from VAG. Concession fare too! All four floors were of interest to me. On the top floor a fine collection…
Of the crowds of people who flock in to the Victoria and Albert Museum very few find their way to the top, sixth floor. Their loss. Who knows why I do this, but again I found myself unable to stop taking photographs. So then I thought I'd simply record the work that has some resonance for me. Either I've met the potters, have admired their…
On my last full day in London I took the above-ground train to Vauxhall and the tube to Green Park. From there it's just a short stroll to the Royal Academy on Piccadilly. Choices! I paid £5 to go in to the Library and Print Room to see 'White', 'a project which sets objects in dialogue with one another and with the spaces around them.' 'White'…