Our guest at Wednesday's monthly meeting of TriCity Potters was Linda Doherty. We had a full agenda because it was time for our AGM and we had also asked members to bring in their completed flower pot donations. I have known Linda for a great many years and have always admired her gas-fired production work. I was one of the proof-readers when she, Carol Mayer and Deborah…
Recently Keith and Celia Rice-Jones approached TriCity Potters with an idea for a workshop. They proposed bringing a large selection of their private collection of pots to us with the intention of using them for a discussion of their form, function and process. Our members had been asking for a workshop to jumpstart creative energy for the Fall potting season so together with Port Moody…
Some time ago Port Moody Arts Centre's Kelly Doyle approached me to ask if TriCity Potters would be interested in undertaking another 'challenge' for a good cause. Spoiler alert.. we have been asked to make pendants for inclusion in a 'goody bag' for attendees at the Arts Centre's upcoming fundraiser,'Ladies Night Out' in August. We've already agreed to make flower pots for Amnesty International's Fall…
Last Wednesday we held our last TriCity Potters' meeting of the season. We've been the local group for clay artists for eight years now. To celebrate, as we usually do in June, we shared a special cake! Some members brought along a piece of pottery, either one of their own that they're particularly happy with or a piece that they have collected. These little show-and-tell…
The Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows Art Studio Tour takes place over the Mothers' Day weekend so artists in the adjacent area to our Tri-Cities had their studios open to the public for Saturday and Sunday this weekend. Having spent much of Saturday morning with our younger son Mike, including brunch on Main Street, and knowing that our older son Steve is completely busy looking after…