Read more about the article Maple Leaves at the Hatchery
Art shows / Clay Symposium / Gillian's work / local pottery shows / Port Moody Art / TriCity Potters

Maple Leaves at the Hatchery

  Last Fall I took myself for a little walk behind Port Moody's Rec Centre to Noon's Creek. Salmon return from the ocean every year, swimming all the way past Vancouver and many miles inland to the end of Burrard Inlet where they fight their way up Noon's Creek. For a long time now volunteers have enhanced the gravel beds and put in 'ladders' to…

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February 11th, 2017
Read more about the article Port Painters
work by Ysabella, Gay, Maria and Judith
Gillian's work / local pottery shows / Port Moody Art / TriCity Potters / Visiting artists

Port Painters

I knew it wouldn't be long before local, i.e. not Vancouver-based, artists would wonder if they could also have a go at painting on a non-canvas or paper surface, and join me to paint with underglazes on a Gill-made plate. Port Moody artist and instructor Judith Atkinson wondered, so I invited some of the TriCity potters who I know particularly like painting on a surface…

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January 31st, 2017
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Gillian's work / Visiting artists

Now I’m a ‘Raider’

  What a great day! The last day of January and there wasn't a cloud in the sky so of course it was chilly. But with a small space heater in the studio it was perfect for three of us to paint plates all day. Just Eric and his old friend Rick Ross were here this time. Rick hasn't joined us for, as it turned…

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January 31st, 2017
Read more about the article Snowy weeks
earthenware yunomis/handle-less cups
Family / Gillian's work

Snowy weeks

We have felt as if we were under siege for the last six weeks. Snow arrived in early December and it kept on coming, so that there were no spaces to park in front of our house. We struggled to keep walkways clear for mail delivery and to get to the car but I had to postpone any plate painting gatherings. Luckily the skies cleared on Christmas…

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January 23rd, 2017
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Gillian's work

Old Friends & Winter

The SFU Archaeology Department's Christmas party was last Saturday and Al had decided that he's recovered enough to join his old friends and colleagues after so many months of being under the weather. Talking about weather, there then came lots of doubt about whether we could get up the Port Coquitlam hills to attend said party. Luckily we were offered a ride with four other…

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December 15th, 2016