Clay Symposium – Page 3 – Gillian McMillan

Earth, Form, Fire

This title was chosen for TriCity Potters' upcoming juried show as a way to include a variety of pottery techniques. Who knew what juror, David Lloyd, would select? We were each invited to enter up to ten pieces and no fewer than two, with the understanding that each entrant would have at least one piece in the show. (This has been the system used…

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March 2nd, 2020

Art shows / Clay Symposium / local pottery shows / Vancouver Art

Van Halm & Yasunaga

Two 'Raiders' worked on plates in their own studios recently and neither drives a car. Wanting to fill my kiln and get everybody's work finished I opted to take myself in to Vancouver and collect the plates. Of course I never want to just do one errand so this was a good day to check Renée Van Halm's almost-over show at Equinox Gallery and to…

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February 21st, 2020

Clay Symposium / Gillian's work / Salt Firing / workshop

So-da Time is Right!

I was impressed by the results of the Ruthanne Tudball soda firing this last March. It was opened on the day after the most recent Clay Symposium at Shadbolt Centre and there were some juicy orange peely surfaces. For a while now I've been enquiring around for opportunities to participate in a salt firing again without any success. Last year I made about fifteen pieces in…

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July 18th, 2017

Clay Symposium

Ceramics Instructors honoured

For the final hour of the Clay Symposium we gathered in the James Cowan theatre to honour and thank five retired Ceramics Instructors and to hear the day's Keynote Speech. Carol Mayer explained that this year the Clay Collective decided to honour five long-time leaders in our field. They were invited to Ken Mayer's photography studio for formal photos to mark the occasion but I've chosen…

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March 26th, 2017

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Katrina Chaytor

Clay Symposium

Symposium Presenters

A week after the Clay Symposium I'm realizing that it is important to make a plan for such an event-filled day. I circled the talks that I wanted to attend on my programme but now I know there are others I should have slotted in! After Aaron's Ceramic Roadshow I flitted in to each of the demos and talks but didn't stay in one. So, as…

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March 25th, 2017

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.