Yesterday Alan and I went in to Granville Island for the opening of Keith Rice-Jones' show 'Size Matters' at the Gallery of BC Ceramics. He worked on the ideas for these large garden pieces while on a 3-month solo residency at Sturt Pottery in Australia. The work looked fine in the gallery space, on plain concrete, in September sunshine. As gallery manager Sharon Cohen said,…
On Monday I used the lovely Canada Line skytrain to take some more pots to YVR airport Crafthouse. So convenient. Then I rode it all the way downtown to go to the passport office in Sinclair Centre. Off to UK and Turkey later this month.. I popped into the Western Front in Mount Pleasant to drop off two plates for artist Eric Metcalfe. I'd made…
As the summer draws to its end I'm trying to finish some more birds. The airport Crafthouse ordered another 8 medium so that's always an incentive to get a kiln filled. Here are some drying in the lovely sunshine. Interesting news is that Keith RJ phoned to tell me that he and Celia liked the display in Circle Craft's window and that he planned to…
The three-year-old TriCity Potters will have their first show in September at the Port Moody Arts Centre. The 3D Gallery there should be perfect for our show. Come and see the variety of work that our members do!
Fellow Medalta Artist-in-Residence Claude Morin has updated his website with news of his busy June. There are photos of his excellent salt-fired and wood-fired pots. I am enjoying the dimpled salted rusty-orange tumbler he gave me from our last firing. www.artancestral.ca Here in Port Moody we're having an unusual heat-wave but the basement studio is wonderfully cool. Today I attached handles to 5 miniature jugbirds…