The scheduling of a clay-related event at Vancouver Art Gallery led to a standing-room-only crowd of pottery folks in the Annex workshop on Saturday afternoon January 14th. I got to the room quarter of an hour early and found one of the last empty chairs. Al and I took the new skytrain line from Port Moody Centre station and strolled over from the Bay exit. It's so…
The other artists working here a couple of Fridays ago, during a Christmas Raid, were Eric Metcalfe, Mina Totino, Rebecca Brewer and Philippe Raphanel. Trips out here have to be coordinated with teaching commitments at Emily Carr U or SFU so the group varies depending on who is free. Allyson Clay couldn't join us as she still had too much marking to do and Elizabeth…
Shortly after my last post I got the flu AGAIN! What a waste of time that is. But now, half way into January, I'm finally feeling more energetic and have been spending some time in my studio again. The 'Raiders' were scheduled to be here last Friday but I postponed that to this week, partly to really recover but also to allow enough time…
Look at what my son Steve has made for me! A skookum cheese-cutter. When I make slab plates in bisqued forms I need a nice sharp wire to cut off the excess clay at a 45 degree angle. Walter Ostrom showed us how to make plates and platters in this way when he taught the 3-week Summer course at ECIAD back in 1993. I've been…
Hornby Island relies on well water so the residents must save all the water they can. What to do with unsightly water storage tanks? Have a competition to enhance them. We started to notice them on our first night on the island and asked why there is a Campbell Soup can beside the road. Public Art can be such fun, and so controversial! Here…