As Linda mentioned in the previous post, venerable Vernon potter Bob Kingsmill entertained us while we ate our lunch on Saturday with tales of Axel Ebring. Bob moved to Vernon four years after the old potter died but he has collected stories about and pots made by Axel Ebring ever since. http://www.vernonmuseum.ca/cr_axel_ebring.html The events at Shadbolt Centre this past weekend mark the BC Potters…
When I was in the Gallery of BC Ceramics today to buy two more tickets to Saturday's BC Potters' Guild 60th Anniversary Dinner I was able to have a preview of the current show. The four BC clay artists who will be the featured presenters at 'Dig This' on Saturday at Shadbolt Centre have been invited to show some of their work on Granville Island…
This next week promises to be a busy one for local potters, or at least for me. I'd like to get out to the Museum of Anthropology at UBC on Tuesday afternoon to attend the launch of Ceramic Curator Carol Mayer's new book on the Koerner Ceramic Collection. I have taken the invitation below from the BC Potters' Guild newsletter. You are invited to a…
Keith Lehman and Carole Henshall are an item, have shared a studio and a home, are both potters and are in fact, married. They've worked together for Craft Fairs, as a team when it's their turn to staff the Kingsmill Pottery shop and side by side in their shared studio space behind the Gallery of BC Ceramics, on Granville Island. But this is the first time…
Don't forget that tomorrow evening is meeting night for TriCity Potters. 7pm at Port Moody Arts Centre. Please bring one or two pots that you've made or found for a discussion. Are you happy with the glaze, form or idea? Do you want advice on improvements or pricing? Your fellow members will offer suggestions. We'll also have a brief AGM, announcements about upcoming events and…