The TriCity Potters' final meeting of the year was held at Port Moody Arts Centre last Wednesday. Just this once we were given Studio 1 which is the open area upstairs. It was perfectly adequate for the 17 members who attended. But when we have more people there we will be happy to occupy a larger room in the new/old building or the connecting atrium.…
This rainy weather has given me a chance to catch up on studio work. The twelve jugbirds ordered by Crafthouse YVR several weeks ago are now painted with slip. On Saturday I finished the bases with terra sigillata and loaded them in to the kiln for the bisque firing. I've made some more thrown plate moulds as I somehow managed to leave a couple in…
What did I do for my workshop in Williams Lake? After an enjoyable Greyhound bus ride (8.15am - 4.15pm) up the Fraser Canyon, then beside the Thompson River and north up the Cariboo Highway, Joan Beck met me. As before, when I gave a workshop to Cariboo Potters in 2000, I stayed for the three nights with Joan and her husband Reg. Their home is…
This evening is the Artists Reception for HANDS That Shape Our Community. The event will be at Gallery Bistro on Clarke street, Port Moody, from 6.30 - 8.30pm. The project started with photographer Tracy Riddell's idea of photographing the hands of Port Moody artists. Several photographers joined the project and together with the artists involved formed 'Inlet Artists'. Some of the photographs were shown in Port…
Joan Beck, of the Cariboo Potters Guild, has invited me to give a workshop. It'll be fun to travel up the Cariboo Highway for the weekend. My previous workshop with this group was in 2000! I've chosen to take the Greyhound bus so that I can take a box of supplies with me but also to see the beautiful and so varied BC landscape.…