On my recent flight to England my hand luggage was ten jugbirds. I had checked the size and weight allowed - 22lbs, and bought a cardboard box just under that size. Each was wrapped in newsprint and then small bubble-wrap. I made a handle out of duct tape with rope inside so it was easy to carry, and astonishingly the box weighed 14lbs! It fitted…
I have just returned from a lovely nine-day holiday in England. Of course I used the delivery of jugbirds to Primavera Gallery as the excuse for another trip across the pond, but I also wanted to spend time with some of my extended family over there. Luckily for me my brother Bill and his wife Lottie live in St. Neots, a short bus ride from…
During conversations with Joan and Reg Beck I asked about their careers and travels. It turns out that long before they became teachers in Williams Lake they had taken a long journey around much of the world. At one point Joan (who had already taken some pottery classes with Vancouver's Ross Huyghe, no less) and a friend found themselves in Mashiko, Japan and asked where…
A couple of weeks ago we spent a few days in nearby Bellingham, in Washington State. Alan attended the North-West Anthropological Conference and I took the opportunity to be a tourist in this charming city. My first destination was Baker Street Ceramics studio where the resident artists are Deb McCunn and Jason Walker. Jason was our presenter at the February TriCity Potters' meeting and I…
Alan has always wanted to get to Tikal Archaeological site so we booked ourselves onto a ten-day 'Caravan' tour of Guatemala in early March. I was rather concerned about the heat and humidity of the jungle but I found that with an air-conditioned bus, insect repellant when hiking and comfy hotels each evening I managed well. Ancient pottery in the museum was interesting but contemporary…