After waiting three suspenseful days the fifteen TriCity potters who'd taken part in a first group soda firing showed up at 3pm on Tuesday afternoon to see what we'd done. When I arrived a few tall pieces from the very top had been removed but I quickly snapped a photo of the front section of the load. With quite a few blue slip sprayed pieces…
Last year the TriCity Potters decided to ask for a group soda firing at Shadbolt Centre and we were given a slot for this April. To get prepared we invited Fredi Rahn, who teaches there and who has lots of experience with soda firing, to give us a presentation in January. She discussed which clays to use and explained that the outsides of the pots…
On Wednesday evening, a week ago, Ceramic artist Malory Tate was the presenter for TriCity Potters' March meeting. Since last Fall she has occupied the little pottery studio in the clay department of Port Moody Arts Centre as this year's Ceramic Artist in Residence. Malory grew up in Kamloops BC, the daughter of literary parents who gave her the romantic name. Perhaps this is why…
Life seems to be 'on hold' today, mainly because the forecast snowfall is happening. We were warned.. yesterday was a gorgeous sunny cold day and I made good use of it. This week's creations dried over the previous night and I carefully transported all the finished plates and my jugbirds out to the kiln shed. It's a bit of a worry because there was snow…
Just the other day BC potters received very sad news from the BC Potters Guild board's president, Laura Carey. It has been decided that, due to falling numbers of customers at our gallery and ever-increasing rent, the Gallery of BC Ceramics will close at the end of February. The same email invited us to last Thursday's opening for past-president Jinny Whitehead's solo show. It will…