By noon the kiln was cool enough for me to start taking the latest jugbirds out. So now I need to get them listed and packed up for delivery to YVR Crafthouse, Circle Craft and Gallery of BC Ceramics tomorrow. I'll include some of the new salt-fired jugbirds too, from Vincent Massey's kiln. The wordpress system reverses the order of my photos - so the…
This 3-minute video gives a good explanation of the making of those marvellous Turkish Iznik tiles. http://www.coolhunting.com/design/iznik-tiles.php Here is a photo of a tiled wall in a mosque in Istanbul.
There's been a gap in my blog writing while Al and I try to recover from a nasty Summer flu. What a waste of time! Starting with 5 days of a fairly high temperature it's now been over two weeks. I find myself very tired. But I do think we're getting better. Yesterday I shopped for groceries and then spent a couple of hours cutting…
Enjoy this excellent youtube about Squamish potter, Kay Austen. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5SYyeSYrbk&feature=email
Les Manning: Common/Opposites, April 30 – June 19, 2011, Esplanade Art Gallery, Medicine Hat, Alberta Review by Quentin Randall Quentin Randall, Public Relations person for Medalta, has had his review of Les Manning's Show in Medicine Hat published in the latest edition of Galleries West. Many of us have met Les on his frequent trips out to BC when he's given workshops and lectures. Quentin explains…