Read more about the article Earth, Form, Fire
Art shows / Clay Symposium / Gillian's work / local pottery shows / Port Moody Art / pottery / TriCity Potters

Earth, Form, Fire

  This title was chosen for TriCity Potters' upcoming juried show as a way to include a variety of pottery techniques. Who knew what juror, David Lloyd, would select? We were each invited to enter up to ten pieces and no fewer than two, with the understanding that each entrant would have at least one piece in the show. (This has been the system used…

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March 2nd, 2020
Read more about the article November Nuggets
Gillian's work / Port Moody Art / pottery / Soda Firing

November Nuggets

Your first thought when you've taken your latest pots out of a group atmospheric firing is not necessarily ecstatic. Linda Doherty says that she's never really satisfied on the first day. When I saw that at least two pots weren't quite 'done' I thought that I'd just take all the work home and look at them in the morning. One or two seemed to be…

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November 29th, 2019
Read more about the article Good Firing
good colour!
Gillian's work / pottery / Soda Firing

Good Firing

Finally we were allowed to see how the most recent firing of Shadbolt Centre's Soda kiln had turned out. It was a sunny, if rather cold Tuesday afternoon so we formed a line and passed the retrieved pots along to tables set up outside. You'll see that the first glimpse showed quite a lot of grey orange peel but as we turned the pieces around…

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November 29th, 2019
Read more about the article Ceramic Artists at CCC
Jill Fanshawe Kato
Art shows / English artists / English Pottery / pottery / travel

Ceramic Artists at CCC

As I usually find when I visit the Contemporary Ceramics Centre, there are some outstanding pieces on display. After I'd taken a look at Martin Pearce's solo show I turned my attention to the shelves, each of which is devoted to one clay artist. Surely I thought, there are more potters elected to the privilege of having their work there than I was seeing. Sure…

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November 17th, 2019