North Vancouver potter and sculptor Santo Mignosa was our speaker at the TriCity Potters' monthly meeting last night. Santo was born in Sicily into a clay family. Tiles, bricks and quicklime were made from the local beach sand. He says that pots made with that mixture of sand, sea water and sea algae for clay held water even though they were earthenware. Salt glaze? …
Last night I took sky train from Lougheed Town Centre to Granville station and emerged on Dunsmuir Street. Satellite Gallery is at 560 Seymour street, just nearby. I took the elevator up one floor and was just in time to say hello to fellow potters and take a seat before curator Louis-Alexandre Douesnard-Malo introduced speaker Paul Mathieu at 6pm. To see the invitation and read…
In the kiln with the plates painted by the others I had work of my own - some mugs, 7 jug birds, plates and sample 'cookies' of the new underglazes I bought at Seattle Pottery Supply. The mugs are finished with terra sigillata on the outside and the plates and birds are painted when leather hard with my coloured slips. These 3 plates are quickly…
Last Thursday I opened the glaze kiln so I had some new plates, jug birds and mugs for ArtWalk. And finally the plates painted by my visiting artists Eric Metcalfe, Allyson Clay, Monique Fouquet and Eli Bornowsky were finished. Al took these photos and the artists seem pleased with the results. I make them by slumping a slab of red earthenware clay into my wheel-thrown…
Here's a reminder that Spring is here, the tulips and rhodos are out and it's a good weekend to wander around Port Moody to see artists in their studios. This is the invitation and if you click the link you'll see a map and the list of venues you can visit. The reception on Friday evening at the Old Mill Boathouse in Rocky Point Park…