Read more about the article A Celebration in Clay
Art shows / Clay Symposium / Gillian's work / local pottery shows / Port Moody Art / TriCity Potters

A Celebration in Clay

  The opening of TriCity Potters' show 'A Celebration in Clay' was last Thursday evening, in Port Moody Arts Centre. We are celebrating our first ten years with five pieces from each participating member. There was no theme, we were simply asked to submit our selected best. To give the show some cohesion it was decided that we would also acknowledge the local area's natural…

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March 6th, 2017
Read more about the article Last Cone Standing
Art shows / Clay Symposium / local pottery shows / Vancouver Art

Last Cone Standing

When I was in Circle Craft Co-op last Wednesday I saw that Friederike Rahn had just finished setting up a display of work by those Shadbolt Centre instructors and staff who have fired their work in the wood and soda kilns there.     Last Cone Standing is one of many ceramic shows all around the Lower Mainland which have been organized to coincide with the Shadbolt's…

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March 6th, 2017
Read more about the article Stephanie Jonsson
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Stephanie Jonsson

  When I was in the Gallery of BC Ceramics last Wednesday I was pleased to have a chance to see Stephanie Jonsson's show 'Spurious Synthetics'. It turned out to be the last week of her show, so this little blog will provide a glimpse of her sculptures for those who have now missed it. The next show 'The Best of BC' of work by BCPG…

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March 5th, 2017
Read more about the article Yunomis and more
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Yunomis and more

  I expect it was the Gallery of BC Ceramics' call for yunomis that got me thinking about making some again. Lots of atmospheric-firing people like to make these Oriental-inpired handle-less cups but I've always felt that if I prefer to drink tea or coffee out of a mug or cup with a handle then I shouldn't mess with another culture. But the form is…

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February 14th, 2017
Read more about the article Five show entries
Pileated Woodpecker Jugbird
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Five show entries

My favourite piece to come out of my two recent glaze firings is the Pileated Woodpecker Jugbird. In early January I posted a photo of his beginnings and here is a photo of him being painted later.   He has a wheel-thrown body, head, legs and neck. Those parts are carefully fitted together and I add his jolly crest, a slot for filling and pouring and a handle, and…

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February 14th, 2017