The TriCity Potters' final meeting of the year was held at Port Moody Arts Centre last Wednesday. Just this once we were given Studio 1 which is the open area upstairs. It was perfectly adequate for the 17 members who attended. But when we have more people there we will be happy to occupy a larger room in the new/old building or the connecting atrium.…
This rainy weather has given me a chance to catch up on studio work. The twelve jugbirds ordered by Crafthouse YVR several weeks ago are now painted with slip. On Saturday I finished the bases with terra sigillata and loaded them in to the kiln for the bisque firing. I've made some more thrown plate moulds as I somehow managed to leave a couple in…
The second person to make a presentation to her fellow potters at our May meeting was long-time member Eliza Wang. We have been so impressed with the fine, carefully considered pieces she makes and her recent successes in the wider ceramic world. Yet Eliza seemed to be asking us for advice about directions, what to make, which pieces to assemble for gallery selections and which…
Since I last wrote a blog my website has been moved to another server and my original web designer has resumed his job as helper to this low-tech blogger. You may notice that the blog page is now a properly integrated part of the website. I am told that assembling my notes and photos will be easier and I hope quicker. In the next little…
Last weekend Susan Delatour Lepoidevin presented a hand-building workshop in Maple Ridge, 'That Special Place: Hand Building Houses. She has made a career from her passion for ancient, idiosyncratic buildings found all around the world. They form the basis for a clay dwelling,lighthouse or castle and she makes each one into a little story. She adds birds, bricks, windows, flowers, people and chimneys and…