TriCity Potters’ June meeting & new salty pots!

Last Wednesday was the final meeting of the year for TriCity Potters. We were pleased to have about 15 people there seeing it was also the actual Stanley Cup final game. But as it turned out those who came don't particularly care for hockey and we were all better off not watching Vancouver's debacle and the shenanigans afterwards. To celebrate our first four years in…

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Contemporary Ceramics in London

To continue the postings about our time in Europe in May I will post photos of the other pots I saw when I was in the Contemporary Ceramics Centre for Jane Hamlyn's opening. Again, I expect my text will become separated from the relevant photo so just click on it for info. I photographed ceramic work that appeals to me so there's earthenware, sculpture, hand-built…

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Candle-holder making at Wednesday’s TCP meeting

It's a rainy day today so I'm not tempted to be out in the garden. My clay work began with my inserting spouts in the 4 earthenware jugbirds I threw on Saturday. They'll firm up overnight. Then I threw some candle-holders to reaquaint myself with how I used to do that. Wednesday's TriCity Potters' meeting will focus on the making, either by throwing or hand-building,…

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May adventures

There were no new blogs after May 8th because Al and I were on the other side of the Atlantic until June 1st and I didn't take my cumbersome Macbook with me. I'm getting close to convincing myself that an ipad is essential for our next trip! Downloading photos, checking gallery opening days, arranging boarding passes etc. Now, as I start to sort, crop and…

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