These are posts about pots and potters seen in England
Last year Pulp Fiction Bookshop owner and ceramics collector Chris Brayshaw made a pilgrimage to Wales to meet highly-respected clay artist Charles Bound. Now he has assembled a large number of Bound pieces to form a first show of his work in Canada. It can be seen at CSA Space, upstairs from the bookstore. You need to ask for the key at the store's front…
Let's see if I can complete the accounts of my English holiday with this blog. I had just three days to spend with my sister Mary, enjoy Salisbury again, see some friends and find another potter. On the Monday I'd arranged to have lunch with my god-daughter Amanda and her husband Clive. Their new home is Mallard House so of course I needed to make a…
We emerged from Contemporary Ceramics at 3 o'clock, hungry! At Prêt á Manger we considered what else we could see nearby. (Could said eatery please open a few venues in the Vancouver area?). My London relatives suggested that the Wallace Collection isn't far away, so we hopped on the tube for a short ride. On entering the Wallace Collections' elegant building Mel asked where we…
As you walk to the back of Contemporary Ceramics Gallery to find the current exhibition, you pass square white-painted cubby holes. Each one shows the work of a selected member of the British Craft Potters Association. What a feast of inspiration! We're told that there are over 150 of these accomplished member artists so there must be a system of rotating the spaces over the…
Saturday October 14th was spent in Central London. I'd had an idea of contacting Lisa Hammond and trundling out to Greenwich to meet her, but decided instead to go to the Gallery of Contemporary Ceramics on Great Russel Street (as I always do when in London). I was sure to see the very best of many different kinds of ceramic work, including some of Lisa's.…