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.…
Don't forget that tomorrow evening is meeting night for TriCity Potters. 7pm at Port Moody Arts Centre. Please bring one or two pots that you've made or found for a discussion. Are you happy with the glaze, form or idea? Do you want advice on improvements or pricing? Your fellow members will offer suggestions. We'll also have a brief AGM, announcements about upcoming events and…
Recently Cariboo Potters Guild member Leslie Lloyd sent me some photos of the finished work from my workshop in Williams Lake last May. It's always fun to see how the pieces turned out, how bright the slips are and if the glaze behaved properly. Thanks so much Leslie for being an efficient 'tech' for your group and for taking photos. I…
It's been several weeks since I posted a new blog and now there are some items I want to mention. The speaker for the October meeting of TriCity Potters was Port Moody Arts Centre's Dan Severance. I think he spends every spare minute of his days, when he's not at his regular job in a printshop, working in the clay department. He is the go-to…
My latest glaze firing was emptied yesterday so the recent 'raiders' and tile-painters can finally see how their work turned out. Alan took photos this afternoon so I shall enjoy posting a blog about my newest exotic jug birds, and another to show the painted oval plates. But first here is a photo of the finished tiles painted by the small group of TriCity Potters…