As Linda mentioned in the previous post, venerable Vernon potter Bob Kingsmill entertained us while we ate our lunch on Saturday with tales of Axel Ebring. Bob moved to Vernon four years after the old potter died but he has collected stories about and pots made by Axel Ebring ever since. http://www.vernonmuseum.ca/cr_axel_ebring.html The events at Shadbolt Centre this past weekend mark the BC Potters…
Linda Lebrun, TriCity Potters' newsletter editor, has kindly allowed me to use her description of our fine day at Shadbolt Centre on Saturday. She, June and I went together for Dig This and the evening's BC Potters' Guild dinner. I'll add some of the photos I took so that those of you who weren't able to attend can get an idea of the work…
When I was in the Gallery of BC Ceramics today to buy two more tickets to Saturday's BC Potters' Guild 60th Anniversary Dinner I was able to have a preview of the current show. The four BC clay artists who will be the featured presenters at 'Dig This' on Saturday at Shadbolt Centre have been invited to show some of their work on Granville Island…
Alan and I returned from our latest adventure just over a week ago. This time we joined a tour of the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. Al was anxious to make a return visit to some of the fabulous Mayan archaeological sites and to see some that have been revealed since he was there many years ago. I had never been there. Part of the fun for…
During the afternoon of the Symposium I walked up the hill to see the display of work that had been fired in the Ombu kiln. I had been invited to bring a piece in, and although I like salt firing best I had a good piece that had been in a good spot on the top shelf of a salt/soda firing in the gas-assisted end…