February has been a tumultuous month for BC's Ceramic community. At the end of January BC Potters' Guild President Laura Carey sent an email to members notifying us that the Gallery would be closing at the end of February. A final show 'The Guiding Hand' featuring the wood-fired work of Past President Jinny Whitehead opened on Feb 1st. I had a cold and didn't attend.…
Life seems to be 'on hold' today, mainly because the forecast snowfall is happening. We were warned.. yesterday was a gorgeous sunny cold day and I made good use of it. This week's creations dried over the previous night and I carefully transported all the finished plates and my jugbirds out to the kiln shed. It's a bit of a worry because there was snow…
'Tommy' Kakinuma taught some of the founding members of the BC Potters' Guild in the fifties and sixties, in the UBC Pottery Huts. Recently collectors have been finding his pieces in antique shops in Vancouver and wonder who he was. It seems very little has been known about him. Blogger Stacy Reynaud bought a bird pot from John Lawrence of Doda Antiques. John has a…
Just the other day BC potters received very sad news from the BC Potters Guild board's president, Laura Carey. It has been decided that, due to falling numbers of customers at our gallery and ever-increasing rent, the Gallery of BC Ceramics will close at the end of February. The same email invited us to last Thursday's opening for past-president Jinny Whitehead's solo show. It will…
'I have a show up now at the new ECU campus of my "Flower Vases with Flowers in a Vase", ceramics and large digital photos. Until Sunday Dec. 3, 1st floor Faculty space, open everyday.' This was the invitation I received from Paul Mathieu. Last Thursday, on a beastly rainy day, I first took plates to Mina's Strathcona home and then found my way…