When Alan and I led that tour of potteries and archaeology in 2005 we met several potters who each made a special effort for our group. Of course they showed us their studios and kilns but Richard Batterham pulled a handle for us, Lawrence McGowan painted a pot with calligraphic designs, Jonathon Garrett threw a vast flower pot, John Leach threw a jug and we…
Tomorrow the fellow executive members of TriCity Potters will meet here to discuss final arrangements for next Wednesday's meeting, the Vincent Massey workshop in a couple of weeks and other speakers and hands-on activities for the rest of the year. June MacDonald spoke to Fraser Valley Potters Guild last Thursday so she can tell us all about that. It was a dreadfully rainy night for…
Tuesday's Gogos 'Soup's On' event went very well. All the volunteers made sure things went smoothly. Soup was delicious, appies, bread and desserts were good. There was a no-host bar and lots of silent auction items. We were entertained by an excellent teenage singer and I don't have her name. One of the Gogos who has been to Africa gave a slide show of the…
Tickets are all gone for tonight's fundraising event. TriCity Potters donated 163 (at last count) bowls to be used for this supper. Guests will find a napkin-wrapped bowl at their place, donated appies, bread and other snacks. The bowl will be filled with choice from two vegetarian soups and can then be taken home afterwards. We are told there will be entertainment, silent auction and…
Yesterday I was surprised to open my BC Potters Guild newsletter and see that editor Melany Hallam has used my 'Making Jugbirds' slide show in a little article there. Very nice. After a month or so the newsletters are available to anyone visiting the guild website. www.bcpotters.com click on 'archives' Busy day today. Following up from a press release sent to the…