Later in the day last Monday I drove in to Vancouver, mainly to help make up numbers for a quorum for Circle Craft's AGM. First I stopped at the Gallery of BC Ceramics to leave some new pieces for them. They now have four more small salt-fired jugbirds from last December's firing and a couple of earthenware plates. Manager Laura phoned me the next day…
Last Wednesday Fredi Rahn spoke to our group, showing us her hand-building technique and some slides of her work. Fredi studied Ceramics at Sheridan College (Ontario) and Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and since 1990 has taught at Emily Carr University and Shadbolt Centre for the Arts. While we tried to figure out projector, laptop computer and memory…
It's probably a good thing the rain's returned today. When the sun makes its rare appearances it's too tempting to spend hours outside. I never thought I'd actually enjoy digging out weeds, making room for the perennial plants that I want to have flourish. But now I've had two urgent requests from Crafthouse YVR for some more jugbirds. I keep telling people that having my…