2nd Annual TriCity Potters’ Soda Firing

Yesterday turned out to be a really wonderful day. I've been working towards two firings for the last month or more so began my Friday by getting out to my kiln shed and glazing all the earthenware pieces that I'd waxed the night before. It turns out that Greenbarn's acrylic-type wax resist needs to rest overnight anyway (and even then doesn't really repel glaze like…

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Outdoor art at Deer Lake Park, Burnaby

I spent Thursday over at Shadbolt Centre for the Arts in Burnaby as part of a team loading the soda/salt part of the Ombu wood kiln there. It was nice to spend the day catching up with potters, most of whom I've known for quite a few years. Jay MacLennan, technician there, did almost all of the actual loading - bending his tall frame into…

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