This year's Circle Craft Christmas Market is over. I attended this fabulous event on Wednesday afternoon with the intention of finding all the ceramics people and posting my photos. It was so good to connect with longtime clay friends and meet the new folks, but I'm sorry I failed to get information out there before the show ended so that you could be inspired to…
Our drive into Vancouver on Friday was not helped by the rain and the current lack of parking on Granville Island, but my new selection of pots was safely delivered to Circle Craft Co-op shop in the Netloft Building. I think they will be on display tomorrow. Smoked salmon chowder at the Stock Market, a peek at Martin Peters' show of big jars in Enishi…
Port Moody's current Ceramics Artist-in-Residence Azadah Mehryar's year-end show opened at PoMoArts on Thursday July 17th. We enjoyed her presentation to TriCity Potters back in May and were looking forward to seeing the work she has selected for 'Odyssey of the Rooted Self'. She and the other two artists currently featured in the galleries were interviewed at the opening by gallery manager Kate Feltren as a…
Written in Clay: From the John David Lawrence Collection May 25 to November 9, 2025 "Written in Clay presents a history of ceramics made in British Columbia told through the collection of John David Lawrence. Featuring approximately 200 objects, it examines the materials and processes artists utilized in relation to the context in which studio ceramics arose and developed in the region." We received two…
Our April passed in a blur of packing or leaving our old house looking immaculate for potential buyers. I think May will be better, starting for me with a return to the world of ceramics. I was happy to join fellow potters Carlene, Eliza and Kay for the drive in to Vancouver's Italian Cultural Centre to attend the opening of Fraser Valley Potters Guild's annual…