As Linda mentioned in the previous post, venerable Vernon potter Bob Kingsmill entertained us while we ate our lunch on Saturday with tales of Axel Ebring. Bob moved to Vernon four years after the old potter died but he has collected stories about and pots made by Axel Ebring ever since. http://www.vernonmuseum.ca/cr_axel_ebring.html The events at Shadbolt Centre this past weekend mark the BC Potters…
During the afternoon of the Symposium I walked up the hill to see the display of work that had been fired in the Ombu kiln. I had been invited to bring a piece in, and although I like salt firing best I had a good piece that had been in a good spot on the top shelf of a salt/soda firing in the gas-assisted end…
Other art on display in and around the Shadbolt Centre: a painting by Joe Average, a ceramic mural by Bob Kingsmill, Coast Salish carved monoliths and Keith Rice-Jones' ceramic collaboration 'Past, Present and Future'. I've just posted a close-up of a section of the 'Future' column. There is a new display installed on the outside of Mather Building which houses the Ceramics Department. It features…