Read more about the article Samantha Dickie: Large Scale Installations
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Samantha Dickie: Large Scale Installations

Samantha Dickie, Still Point.  1100 components.  Porcelain and filament.  7ft x 3.5ft x 10ft.  2019. Photo credit: Cathie Ferguson After a nearly two-year hiatus, the North-West Ceramics Foundation is thrilled to once again be able to present our free, public Speaker Series, this time via Zoom. Samantha Dickie will discuss her work on Thursday, November 25, at 7:30 pm. All are welcome, but registration is required. Please…

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November 11th, 2021
Read more about the article fortheloveofmudd
local pottery shows / pottery

fortheloveofmudd

Tyler Fritz' Instagram handle is 'fortheloveofmudd' and, while following his posts, I discovered that he seems to have an enormous selection of historic pots. It turns out that his main interest is the finding and marketing of all things Mid-Century Modern and along with his research on those paintings, prints and furnishings he has come across lots of secondary market ceramics from that period.  Thomas…

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October 30th, 2021
Read more about the article Mixed Blessings
pots that are fine
Gillian's work / pottery / Soda Firing

Mixed Blessings

For the last few weeks I've been concentrating on making enough stoneware pieces for a soda firing. I finished making slightly more than the allocated two cubic feet of ware in early October as I wasn't sure how much I'd see after cataract surgery on Oct 4th. All went well and within 24 hours I was astonished to see bright blue, and whites that I…

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October 27th, 2021
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pottery / pottery studio visits / Vancouver Art

Glenn Lewis studio

It was time to bring some new work in to Circle Craft Co-op on Granville Island, so on Thursday Alan and I braved the rain for, wow! a day in Vancouver! It's been a long time (for Al). After the mini-Raid recently with Monique and Renée,  Eric Metcalfe took home and has finished painting two bisqued slab plates. I collected them from his home/studio at…

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October 16th, 2021
Read more about the article A Celebration of Sculpture
Bill Thomson Rust Plant #1 Recycled tin cans, corks, fibre & wood
Art shows / Vancouver Art

A Celebration of Sculpture

At the invitation of Burnaby sculptor Bill Thomson I stopped in at the Italian Cultural Centre last week, on my way to ‘That Pottery Thing’. The current gallery show there is juried work by the Sculptors Society of BC, timed to celebrate 150 years since the birth of BC sculptor Charles Marega. He is best known for having created the Lions at the entrance to…

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October 10th, 2021