The other day we drove over to North Vancouver to see a new exhibit at the Museum: 'Entwined Histories: Gifts from the Maisie Hurley Collection'. It was the first day it was open. Featured are baskets, carvings and other First Nations artwork by the Squamish people, given to Maisie and her husband Tom for the advocacy work they did. That evening one 3/4 size mask…
We left 8 new jugbirds at Crafthouse YVR as we left for a week in Puerto Vallarta. So nice to have that done. On our return before the sun came up yesterday I was able to see how they are displayed! The week in Mexico was lovely as a break from rain, some snow and greyness here. No internet, papers or phone, just warmth, photography,…
Today I opened my kiln. For the last two weeks I have been making jugbirds for the Vancouver International Airport Crafthouse gift shop. Along the way I took photos of each step and have now made a slide show of that.
Sunday evening. It's been one of those cloudless sunny but frosty Winter days, just above zero. The sun sets at 2pm for us. Damn the hill to our south at this time of year! We drove over to Burnaby Lake and enjoyed sunshine, a lovely walk and masses of water fowl until 4pm there. I had loaded my kiln with just one shelf - the…
To start off the New Year here is a final beautiful tile from our Turkey holiday. On the last day in Istanbul we were taken to a smaller and exquisite mosque, Rustem Pasa, built in 1561. The elegant domed architecture was completely clad with these tiles, each wall a different design. They often depict Turkey's signature tulips and carnations. If I get a request in…