As I headed into my fifth day of having no voice due to a nasty case of pharyngitis I still had stuff to do today. I know, 'drink lots and rest' are the rules. I emptied my bisque kiln on Sunday and then on Monday managed to wax some plates and glaze all but knew I was too tired to get the loading done carefully…
New Zealand potter Chris Weaver has been here in BC for the last week. Local salt potters Jackie Frioud and Cathi Jefferson invited him to give a couple of workshops while he is on a working trip to North America. Last week he gave a workshop and salt firing at Cathi's kiln in the Cowichan Valley and this weekend he did a demo-only workshop at…
On Saturday December 20th Alan and Eliza came out to Abbotsford with me for the excitement of opening the latest salt kiln firing. Alan took lots of candid shots of our work and reactions so I'll just add an album below. We had lots of good ideas to share and inspiration for the next firing. There's also a link to a new Picasa album of…
One morning, a week before Christmas, found Dave Dobie, Ted Driediger and me, and later Jake Stelpstra, loading the salt kiln out at Herman Venema's country studio near Abbotsford. As Herman had no pots ready for this firing I invited Eliza Wang to participate. She had some pots that could use a little more melting in a salty environment and three of her potpourri pots which…
It's been a month since I last wrote a blog. The day after TriCity Potters' November meeting Alan and I left for Cuba. We joined a ten-day Art Tour sponsored by UBC's Museum of Anthropology which took us to Havana, and rural towns to get a feel for the country and to see museums, the Art School and to meet artists who mainly work in the Afro-Cuban tradition.…