All around the world today (well, almost) was Bird Art Installation Day! Artists installed their bird art in group locations for just a few hours and have taken lots of photos. Local found-object sculptor Bill Thomson invited those he thought would be amused to make birds for this pop-up event and he and Burnaby Arts Council provided their garden behind Deer Lake Art Gallery. The…
Just so you know that my whole English trip wasn't just about going in to Cambridge, here is a link to a Picasa album of photos of other things I did while over there. https://picasaweb.google.com/112208740085943894765/GillianSEnglandHolidaySept2012 I shall put together an album of all the gorgeous pots and potters I found but not today. In spite of the amazing dry and sunny weather I am inspired…
I've been home from a 10-day holiday in England for almost a week now but still feel somewhat jet lagged. But the days over there were packed with happy, exciting, nostalgic events. A particular highlight was taking 12 jugbirds into Cambridge, to Primavera on the King's Parade. My brother Bill and sister-in-law Lottie helped me carry a box and a bag on the bus from…
My most recent glaze firing included a new bird, my interpretation of a Blue-footed Booby from Galapagos. This little Picasa album shows some of the process of putting this guy together. I chose to use the different colour of his back feathers to make a handle and to increase the volume of liquid this jug could hold. https://picasaweb.google.com/112208740085943894765/BlueFootedBoobyJug I had such fun assembling him. The…
Here are photos of the plates painted by Eli Bornowsky and first-time visitor to my studio, Renée Van Halm. They both treated the underglazes very much as paint, freely mixing colours, rather than maintaining unicolour areas. Renée's are painted from collages she had assembled beforehand. It was marvellous to see how she created these bold images…