Some time ago TriCity Potters board member Owen Lee suggested that we plan an expedition to the Sunshine Coast to take part in their annual ART CRAWL. He even invited us to stay at his family's Gibsons cabin if we chose to stay for a couple of days. Members were enthusiastic but in the end it was a small group of us who travelled around…
Pottery enthusiasts who came to TriCity Potters' recent meeting at PoMoArts had a chance to check out 'Art4Life' in the gallery. It is a show that features a large group of artists who make work that appeals to all ages. Here is a photo of most of them, taken at the opening last week. Three TriCity Potters members have work in the show.https://pomoarts.ca/exhibitions/art-4-life-2022-1 Art4Life artists…
Here are some more photos of work by members of Fraser Valley Potters Guild. Their juried show opened at Coquitlam's Place des Arts last Friday. To see more about the opening please click on the previous blog. I took too many photos for one blog! Cheryl Stapleton & Amy Gogarty Ailsa Brown & Suzanne Basnett Kay Bonathon Heather Northam + more I'm sorry I didn't…
Fraser Valley Potters' latest show opened at Coquitlam's Place des Arts on Friday night. The juror for this show, ECUAD ceramics professor Jen Woodin, gave the members a critique of their submissions at an August meeting and she attended the opening to present prizes and certificates to her selection of prize-winners and 'honorable mentions'. Visitors to the evening's events were first welcomed by Place des…
August kiln load On the last day of August I was finally able to unload glazed pots from the kiln. The plates painted by 'The Raiders' the other day helped to fill it, along with the dozen jugbirds I'd made and stored damp since May! Covid and holiday travels kept me from the studio.I'll post photos of plates painted by my guests first, and below…