As I sort the hundreds of photos from our trip Down Under I thought that the visit to the pottery and railway of Barry Brickell would make a nice Picasa/Google Album. It has too many photos to post here in a blog so just click the link and you should see what a fun day we had on the Coromandel Peninsula. It is half a…
For a number of years Port Moody has had a relationship with the city of New Plymouth in Taranaki province, New Zealand. Both cities have taken the title 'City of the Arts' and exhibitions have been exchanged. I contacted Dale Copeland, an enthusiastic Arts Advocate in Taranaki, and asked about potters there. The New Plymouth Potters' president, Cecily Bull, kindly invited me to visit their…
If you checked my blog during the last 5 1/2 weeks you'll have noticed that I didn't post anything. My apologies. Alan and I have been 'Down Under' all that time, first in New Zealand for over two weeks and the rest of the time in Australia. There are so many memories and many of them will be kept alive by the hundreds of photos…
Quentin Randall at Medalta has sent this invitation to the joint showing of Alberta/BC in a Box. I saw the Alberta part late last year (see posts for Wide Open Nov 17/11) and as mentioned yesterday the complete BC part will be shown in Seattle as part of NCECA. Our theme is On the Edge. I'm looking forward to connecting with other BC potters at…
The BC Potters Guild newsletter arrived promptly today and as usual editor Melany Hallam has produced a professional, informative and really interesting publication. There is an extensive review by member Kathryn O'Regan of Brendan Tang's talk to the Contemporary Arts Society the other day, illustrated with several of Brendan's complex Manga Ormolu creations. Our BC in a Box show, which is currently being shown in…