The NorthWest Ceramic Foundation is once again holding a Gala Fundraising Dinner. It's on Friday May 15th and will be held at the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club. Some of us have volunteered to make dessert plates which attendees at the banquet will take home after the event. This particular fundraiser has taken place several times now and is always a great evening to mingle with…
Recently I've been enjoying designing 'special request' jugbirds. Sometimes, when I'm in London I meet up with Julia, an old friend from my year in Montreal. She's been following my pottery career and recently decided to ask me to make a little jugbird for a good friend. Apparently he's a keen bird-watcher and his favourite is the English Blue Tit. …
Alan and I took the ferry over to Victoria last Wednesday. Al has packed up lots of his archaeological material and was ready to deliver the boxes to the Royal BC Museum as the repository. I had completed a group of jugbirds for a new gallery (for me). Vijaya at Eclectic Gallery in Oak Bay had seen my work, found me through my website and…
On Wednesday I was able to empty a very full kiln load. My pieces were on the top shelf and all the lower shelves were filled with twenty plates painted by my recent 'raiders'. In the next day or two I'll post nice photos Al took in our light box of all the work. Yesterday I packed up all the plates and took them in…
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…