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…
This little post is a follow-up to one I wrote for April 1st 2011 when I mentioned the blue-painted cherry trees in Port Moody. The other day, as the cherry blossoms are once again at their best I checked to see if the blue has faded as promised. No! hardly at all. I really don't mind as long as the trees suffer no ill-effects from…
This felt like a productive day. Last night I made the 4 dessert plates I'd promised for the Oven and Kiln Fundraiser next week and today I got them painted with stencilled slip designs. Photos after the glaze firing.. Then I put some handles on 4 jug birds so there's a hope that I can get them and 3 more painted and fired for ArtWalk.…
Before and after the crazy few days of NCECA I made some simple oval slab plates again. Last Thursday 4 artists came out to Port Moody to spend the day painting said plates. It was really a lot of fun. Eric Metcalfe had again initiated the visit, bringing along previous guests, his ex-student Eli Bornowsky and Allyson Clay (Sally). The new guest was retired ECUAD…
I've collected the remaining photos from NCECA and made another Picasa/Google album. They are really the pieces that I found interesting, because I have met the artist or I think they're beautiful or amazing, or they'll remind me of display ideas. For instance the TriCity Potters have a Festive Feast dinner table show coming up early in 2013 and the Santa Fe Clay 150-person display…