Some months ago I began to notice wonderful painted porcelain mugs showing up on Instagram. Lori Elling's work is unique in many ways. She cheerfully applies oodles of underglaze patterns, but the interesting thing is that they are broken up by raised shapes, left uncoloured. When I noticed that she is one of the latest artists whose work has been juried into the Circle Craft…
We left our old home in June and now, after six months, we are settled and pleased to be here in Treetops. The turmoil and planning for leaving, after making an old house, garden, study and studio work for us for 54 years, took up many months. I hadn't made pots for so long but in the Fall I threw stoneware pots for an October…
Last Thursday 'That Pottery Thing' celebrated this year's NorthWest Ceramic Foundation's Award Winners. A reception was held in the Mayer Studio at 1000 Parker street, Vancouver. Invited guests watched the award presentations, enjoyed elegant appetizers and participated in a Silent Auction of donated ceramics. Attentive audience & bargain pots from Sally Michener's kitchen. more enthusiastic audience The awards were presented by this year's jury members,…
Today we had another Raid! Renée van Halm had contacted a small group to settle on a day and this morning she arrived here at 10am with Eric Metcalfe, Monique Fouquet and David MacWilliam. https://www.moniquefouquet.com https://reneevanhalm.squarespace.com https://davidmacwilliam.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Metcalfe ready for a Raid The artists quickly settled on which plates they'd like to paint today. David was here for a Raid a long time ago so…
Pottery enthusiasts who came to TriCity Potters' recent meeting at PoMoArts had a chance to check out 'Art4Life' in the gallery. It is a show that features a large group of artists who make work that appeals to all ages. Here is a photo of most of them, taken at the opening last week. Three TriCity Potters members have work in the show.https://pomoarts.ca/exhibitions/art-4-life-2022-1 Art4Life artists…