Today we received notification that BC Potters Guild's new show, "BC-in-a-Box 3: Edge of Here" is on its way to Alberta. The show of 34 miniature pieces addressing the theme 'Edge of Here' will be shown in Red Deer and in Medicine Hat before returning here to be shown at the Gallery of BC Ceramics. Further details of dates for the show and to see…
Summer finally arrived and lasted about a week! We enjoyed eating outside and smelling the phlox and lilies. I think perennials are wonderful for bothering to reappear year after year! My favourite piece from the Shadbolt firing, a large vase, has proved just the right shape to support leggy flowers. One evening the light was perfect on these pink lilies. A visitor to Vancouver from…
On Saturday we took a long overdue visit to the Vancouver Art Gallery. This summer's big show is "The Colour of My Dreams: the Surrealist Revolution in Art" with some 300 works from museums and private collections featuring Surrealist work, with an emphasis on the influence of Pacific Northwest art within this vast movement. Lots to take in! Another floor of the gallery houses large…
On Monday afternoon we gathered to open the salt/soda firing from last Friday. With a hard brick kiln the pots were still somewhat warm but fine to take out. What were our feelings about the results? Linda Doherty herself says she's always disappointed at the opening of a kiln and that she prefers the firing. Having participated in the firing I was prepared for what…
Other art on display in and around the Shadbolt Centre: a painting by Joe Average, a ceramic mural by Bob Kingsmill, Coast Salish carved monoliths and Keith Rice-Jones' ceramic collaboration 'Past, Present and Future'. I've just posted a close-up of a section of the 'Future' column. There is a new display installed on the outside of Mather Building which houses the Ceramics Department. It features…