When Alan and I returned from a recent trip to Tacoma, Wash. (where Al attended the North-West Anthropological Conference) it was time to empty the glaze kiln. I had managed to remove two of my bird-feeders while they were still warm, to take down to the States with us for a friend who'd ordered them. Now the rest have been photographed and, apart from two…
Carole Epp Work by Carole Epp (of "Musing About Mud") . Her show runs March 31 to April 30 at the Gallery of BC Ceramics. Opening Reception: Thursday, March 31, 5 to 7 p.m. We're pleased to announce our next exhibition, "Ode to the Unsung" a solo exhibition by Carole Epp. We're very excited to be able to host Carole's work for almost the…
Last Thursday I attended the opening of the latest show at the Gallery of BC Ceramics, 'Traditions', featuring the work of two Vancouver artists who share a studio, Ron Vallis and Martin Peters. These artists are traditional studio potters in the Leach tradition, hence the show's title I'm sure. Together they have assembled a pleasing selection of jugs, plates, teapots, vases and lidded jars,…
On Monday June 8th I joined several other members of the BC Potters' Guild at the Gallery of BC Ceramics for the launch of Contemporary Ceramic Collective. New board member Kathleen McGiveron is the energetic promoter of this new Guild initiative. The idea is that membership of this collective is juried and is intended to bring emerging and established clay artists together for critiques and…
RIFF is the title of the current show at the Gallery of BC Ceramics. It is another in a series which pairs two artists, one of whom has been making work in clay for a number of years with another who is right at the beginning of her career. In this case the artists are Jackie Frioud and Sam Knopp, both of whom are well-known…