Read more about the article A Celebration in Clay
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A Celebration in Clay

  The opening of TriCity Potters' show 'A Celebration in Clay' was last Thursday evening, in Port Moody Arts Centre. We are celebrating our first ten years with five pieces from each participating member. There was no theme, we were simply asked to submit our selected best. To give the show some cohesion it was decided that we would also acknowledge the local area's natural…

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March 6th, 2017
Read more about the article Five show entries
Pileated Woodpecker Jugbird
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Five show entries

My favourite piece to come out of my two recent glaze firings is the Pileated Woodpecker Jugbird. In early January I posted a photo of his beginnings and here is a photo of him being painted later.   He has a wheel-thrown body, head, legs and neck. Those parts are carefully fitted together and I add his jolly crest, a slot for filling and pouring and a handle, and…

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February 14th, 2017
Read more about the article Maple Leaves at the Hatchery
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Maple Leaves at the Hatchery

  Last Fall I took myself for a little walk behind Port Moody's Rec Centre to Noon's Creek. Salmon return from the ocean every year, swimming all the way past Vancouver and many miles inland to the end of Burrard Inlet where they fight their way up Noon's Creek. For a long time now volunteers have enhanced the gravel beds and put in 'ladders' to…

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February 11th, 2017
Read more about the article Visitors’ work
Judith 13 1/2" x 10 3/4"
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Visitors’ work

I had to do two glaze firings recently to accommodate all my recent work and the plates, tiles and leaves of my friends. The 'Port Painters' had painted plates and tiles, Maria brought a super fish later and then Eliza asked if I would glaze fire her new low-fire experiments with my clear glaze. Judith Atkinson experimented with a small coupe plate and then drew…

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February 8th, 2017
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work by Ysabella, Gay, Maria and Judith
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Port Painters

I knew it wouldn't be long before local, i.e. not Vancouver-based, artists would wonder if they could also have a go at painting on a non-canvas or paper surface, and join me to paint with underglazes on a Gill-made plate. Port Moody artist and instructor Judith Atkinson wondered, so I invited some of the TriCity potters who I know particularly like painting on a surface…

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January 31st, 2017