Blogs about art in Port Moody

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Change afoot..

The Top Nine images that I've posted on Instagram in 2024 illustrate the important things in my life very nicely. Clockwise from top left: part of a video of me carving stoneware, front shelves of a Shadbolt soda firing, an early salt-glazed jugbird, Susan Johnston of Semiahmoo potters with a bird planter, visitors at my SHUFFLE studio in June, a favourite lidded soda pot, a…

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Bald Eagle Feast Dish

Beastly Bald Eagle

About two years ago my BC Coast-dwelling cousin asked me to make him a big Bald Eagle Feast Dish, in my own style. I put off making it for too long but once I had switched over to my red earthenware clay again, in June, it was time. It's basically just a big oval casserole, but the fierce eyes and big yellow beak on his…

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SCULPTED EDEN Georgia Fitton

Thursday evening saw the opening of three shows in the PoMoArts galleries. A fellow ceramics student from Emily Carr U days, Margaret Hsu, joined me to see what this year's Ceramics Artist-in-Residence has produced for her year-end solo show. Georgia Fitton, also an Emily Carr graduate, was already giving pottery classes in the Arts Centre when she was awarded the Ceramics Residency. She tells us…

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My SHUFFLE

Port Moody's version of a Culture Crawl/ArtWalk, our SHUFFLE, happened last night. We worried as the marvellous volunteers brought signs and a feather flag, in the rain, but the skies cleared for the duration of the Shuffle. TriCity potter Jade turned up in the afternoon with baby Jet and filled my bird vase with tall flowers from my garden. They really lent a festive air…

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