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Jack Ploesser

Last Wednesday's presenter for the monthly TriCity Potters' meeting at PoMoArts was Roberts Creek potter Jack Ploesser. We met him during our two days of touring the Sunshine Coast Art Crawl last October. https://www.gillianmcmillan.com/blog/2022/11/01/scac-jack-ploesser-the-niebergall His natural-gas fired cone 10 reduction pieces are exuberant,  very colourful, and mainly functional. Jack was pleased to be invited to talk to us and had prepared lots of thrown forms…

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February 20th, 2023
Read more about the article Russell Hackney
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Russell Hackney

For the last one hundred years BC's ceramics community has benefitted from the knowledge and skills that have been brought here by immigrants from around the world. The NorthWest Ceramics Foundations' latest speaker, Russell Hackney, is the third generation potter in his family to live and work in the five (arguably six) towns of Stoke-on-Trent.  Born in Stoke-on-Trent, England, Russell Hackney comes from a long…

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June 15th, 2022
Read more about the article Sharon Reay
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Sharon Reay

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…

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May 30th, 2022
Read more about the article TriCity Potters: Gerda Krause
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TriCity Potters: Gerda Krause

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…

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April 27th, 2022
Read more about the article Elaine Brewer-White
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Elaine Brewer-White

Elaine Brewer-White was our guest speaker for the first indoor, in-person meeting of TriCity Potters in two years! Because PoMoArts is using all available rooms to provide not-crowded classes, Fridays are the only week-day when a meeting room is available, at least for the time being. We'll try to reserve a room for Wednesdays again, starting in the Fall. But, at last, Dr. Bonnie gave…

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February 20th, 2022