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…
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…
The other day I noticed that a Vancouver ceramic artist we'd invited to speak to TriCity Potters, Mitra Mahmoodi, was in a two-person show, along with fellow Iranian-Canadian artist Jamal Tabasinejad, at our local Evergreen Cultural Centre Gallery in Coquitlam. Somehow I missed the opening but I saw that there was to be a curator's talk about the show last Friday. At 12.30pm I joined…
What a week it's been! As you saw we emptied the soda kiln last Tuesday. On the Wednesday I took better photos of each pot so you can get a better look at the varied slip surfaces that appeared. I've also made another reel which shows the back of our house and then inside the kiln shed, where I have my light box, and a…
Tuesday was the day I've been waiting for. At 1.30pm sharp the team were all there, waiting to start the unloading of the 107th firing of the Soda kiln at Shadbolt Centre. The kiln is showing its age, with some nasty chunks having fallen into pots which were placed on the bottom ledge of the door. Tony was considering whether repairs are in order or…