On Saturday May 23rd 'Where Form Meets the Boundless' opened at JigSpace Gallery in Vancouver. Five well-known clay artists from Taiwan had travelled here with incredible work and joined four local ceramicists in this show. After the opening their Canadian hosts brought them to Burnaby's Shadbolt Centre for a free public presentation by the five. Burnaby resident, our own Amy Li Chuan Chang, told me…
That's odd. The last Raid I hosted was on February 17th 2025. No wonder so many of the underglaze jar-lids were stuck on solidly! Renée, Karen, Monique and Cathy brought along rubber gloves and lid-opening gizmos to help out, when they came to paint plates once again on Monday. Raiders concentrating on their work creative mess This is the first time I've invited others to…
Some months ago I began to notice wonderful painted porcelain mugs showing up on Instagram. Lori Elling's work is unique in many ways. She cheerfully applies oodles of underglaze patterns, but the interesting thing is that they are broken up by raised shapes, left uncoloured. When I noticed that she is one of the latest artists whose work has been juried into the Circle Craft…
#555 was probably the last firing of my electric kiln in its custom-built shed. The kiln and shed were built for me in 1999 when I left my three-year residency at Port Moody Arts Centre (now PoMoArts). I have yet to discover the fate of my good kiln, but I'm sure it will give many more good firings. It was rather odd not to have…
I decided that there was time to invite my Raiding friends here for one more day of plate painting. They could use up bisque-fired plates left in my cupboard. I made a fresh one for Renée who wanted to work with a leather-hard plate with slips, for a change. Unfortunately she had a cold on our Raid day last Thursday so my guests were Monique…