Our guest at Wednesday's monthly meeting of TriCity Potters was Linda Doherty. We had a full agenda because it was time for our AGM and we had also asked members to bring in their completed flower pot donations. I have known Linda for a great many years and have always admired her gas-fired production work. I was one of the proof-readers when she, Carol Mayer and Deborah…
Last Wednesday we held our last TriCity Potters' meeting of the season. We've been the local group for clay artists for eight years now. To celebrate, as we usually do in June, we shared a special cake! Some members brought along a piece of pottery, either one of their own that they're particularly happy with or a piece that they have collected. These little show-and-tell…
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…
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,…