The speaker for last Friday's talk to TriCity Potters was Burnaby artist Sharon Reay. Sharon is a potter and sculptor who uses her skill to celebrate her love of the illustrations in old childrens' books. Many of us know Sharon from the many years she worked as the Arts programmer for Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, in Burnaby. For all this time she had a…
Last Friday members of TriCity Potters gathered for our monthly meeting in the Appleyard Room at PoMoArts (Port Moody Arts Centre). It was chaired this month by executive member Owen Lee. We briefly discussed future activities and speakers, and invited members to think about a title or theme for our scheduled members' show in PoMoArts Gallery next February. Our presenter for this evening was executive…
It may be because Spring is finally here and we're noticing woodpeckers drumming for a mate, goldfinches cavorting at the feeder and hummingbirds dancing nearby, that I found I'd made a good number of jugbirds for my recent firing, as well as another Egg box. I see three of these around here but clearly not the Puffin! I was determined to get a kiln load…
There was total silence for a while on Friday night as members of TriCity Potters concentrated on scratching, scraping, drawing or carving into leather-hard pots and tiles. We were all engrossed in the process of sgraffito. Executive member Maria Palotas, an experienced pottery teacher, had offered to lead this group activity, since she had recently used the technique on cups and bowls. We had asked…
Elaine Brewer-White was our guest speaker for the first indoor, in-person meeting of TriCity Potters in two years! Because PoMoArts is using all available rooms to provide not-crowded classes, Fridays are the only week-day when a meeting room is available, at least for the time being. We'll try to reserve a room for Wednesdays again, starting in the Fall. But, at last, Dr. Bonnie gave…