Last Saturday we took our bikes into Vancouver so that we could cycle all around False Creek after checking out Mary Fox's opening at the Gallery of BC Ceramics. Mary was very busy explaining her work to interested visitors. The show features elegant vases with her distinctive layered and textured glazes as well as smaller bowls with similar organic surfaces. You've done lots of work,…
From the BC Potters Guild newsletter, for FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 9th. PANEL DISCUSSION: "THROWN", Vancouver MARK YOUR CALENDARS! The North-West Ceramics Society is pleased to be sponsoring a special panel discussion on the exhibition and subsequent catalogue "Thrown: British Columbia's Apprentices of Bernard Leach and their Contemporaries" published by the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery of the University of British Columbia. "Thrown" was recently reviewed…
On Saturday, our hottest day so far this year, Alan and I drove out to Greendale, a farming village in the Fraser Valley between Abbotsford and Chilliwack. 3 weeks ago our son and a friend cycled all around this area on a Slow Food Tour and it sounded like a great way to spend a day. Saturday's event was 'Greendale Country Sampler'. Farms, gardens, small…
Today we received notification that BC Potters Guild's new show, "BC-in-a-Box 3: Edge of Here" is on its way to Alberta. The show of 34 miniature pieces addressing the theme 'Edge of Here' will be shown in Red Deer and in Medicine Hat before returning here to be shown at the Gallery of BC Ceramics. Further details of dates for the show and to see…
Summer finally arrived and lasted about a week! We enjoyed eating outside and smelling the phlox and lilies. I think perennials are wonderful for bothering to reappear year after year! My favourite piece from the Shadbolt firing, a large vase, has proved just the right shape to support leggy flowers. One evening the light was perfect on these pink lilies. A visitor to Vancouver from…