front shelves back shelves The vault soda kiln was turned off last Friday, after techs Linda, Jay and Cheryl finished spraying the soda in. First impressions when the kiln door was opened on Tuesday were that they got it right! Pots were still warm so we wore gloves to pass ware from one excited participant to the next. Below are closer looks at the first…
The speaker for last Friday's talk to TriCity Potters was Burnaby artist Sharon Reay. Sharon is a potter and sculptor who uses her skill to celebrate her love of the illustrations in old childrens' books. Many of us know Sharon from the many years she worked as the Arts programmer for Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, in Burnaby. For all this time she had a…
While my latest earthenware pieces were being glaze-fired I cleaned all the red clay from my wheel and tools and wedged up a bag of stoneware clay. I must prepare some pots for the soda firing next week. The small kiln load fired nicely and I have these new pots to show you. Fiddlehead Ferns sgraffito slab lunch plate As usual, my pieces are almost…
Last Friday members of TriCity Potters gathered for our monthly meeting in the Appleyard Room at PoMoArts (Port Moody Arts Centre). It was chaired this month by executive member Owen Lee. We briefly discussed future activities and speakers, and invited members to think about a title or theme for our scheduled members' show in PoMoArts Gallery next February. Our presenter for this evening was executive…
I had an interesting email request the other day. Woojae Kim, a Vancouver resident who is currently a grad student at Bard College in NY state, asked me about finding local clay in Port Moody. Somehow he had found a blog which mentioned that I had found clay near our home in old Port Moody. Two stories here: In the first our house was very…