Julie York was our presenter at last Wednesday's TriCity Potters meeting. On a horrid rainy night, when there was almost no parking near the High School due to a concert at the same time there, Julie found her way out from Vancouver. She explained her beginnings in clay as a student of David Lloyd's at Kwantlen College in her home town of Surrey. Another instructor…
Here are some more pots from the 'Wide Open' Alberta Potters' show, on view at the Gallery of BC Ceramics. These first are titled 'Inhale' and 'Exhale'.
Monday was my day to deliver new work to Circle Craft shop and the Gallery of BC Ceramics. At the latter I was pleased to find the Alberta Potters' show 'Wide Open'. While this show of small work travels to several locations in BC our 'BC in a Box' show is being shown in Red Deer and Medicine Hat, Alberta.…
I enjoyed the chance to chat with fellow potters at Crackerjack. Celia Pickles had organized two floors of crafts displays and her husband manned the central check-out. The little gallery is in a delightful location on the beach at Ambleside. I want to live where I can see and hear waves lapping the shore and watch passing ships and seals. Some participants stayed…
On Friday I dropped some jugbirds off at the Music Box gallery in West Van for 'Crackerjack'. Then I decided to go to see the big Circle Craft Christmas Market at the new Convention Centre. Not wanting to park downtown, or take the seabus on a nasty windy day I chose to take the Blue West Van bus from Ambleside, over Lion's Gate bridge and…