Blogs about art in Port Moody
Here we are half way into January and so far 2021 doesn't appear to be any different from most of 2020.. horrid. Alan and I are keeping strictly to ourselves with the hope of avoiding Covid19 while we wait to get vaccinated. Now it looks as if our turn for a jab is delayed until later in the Spring. …
Just a week after I'd collected an exciting new selection of pots from a late November soda firing, there was one more chance to fire a couple more. Fraser Valley Potters' Guild, which meets at Kwantlen College in South Surrey, decided to offer a group soda firing at Shadbolt Centre's popular Vault Soda kiln instead of their obviously impossible annual Holiday party. Members were…
Just a week ago I took my two cubic feet quota of pots over to The Vault Kiln at Shadbolt Centre. It was all arranged so that folks could safely spray, glaze and wad their pieces before leaving them on shelves next to the soda kiln. I'd already prepared my pieces in my studio so merely left them in the kiln shed. We were…
Here is a chance to take a better look at the latest sixteen teeny plates (5 1/2"). I have them in groups of four, just to save space here. A Baker's Dozen will be carefully packed up tomorrow and mailed to Jonathon's. I wonder what London folks will think of my playful plates? There were also some custom Christmassy plates in this…
Eric Metcalfe tells me that he's really missing the camaraderie of our Raids and the opportunity to paint a plate or two. Our last creative get-together in my studio was last February. I also miss having the artists here for the day, their conversation and the lovely potluck lunch that they always bring. But recently, thanks to the kind delivery to and from Western Front…