Tuesday was very exciting for all of us as it was the day that the glaze firing was finally cool enough to open. All in one day I unloaded, Al took the photos of the finished pieces and then I packed them up and we drove in to Vancouver. I delivered just three little vases to…
I owe a lot to now-retired Emily Carr University ceramics instructor Sally Michener. In 1991 when I was applying to attend a Summer course at then-called Emily Carr College of Art and Design Sally was assessing my portfolio.When I explained that I regretted not having been to Art School she challenged me to do so. Why take a 3-week course when you can be…
Maggi Kneer's show "Around the World in 80 Plates" opened on Thursday May 2nd at the Gallery of BC Ceramics. Maggi loves to travel and has visited 60 countries. For this show she has hand-built eighty plates and has applied decals made from her collection of photographs. One could spend a long while with Maggi hearing all the stories that accompany the images. For her they…
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…
After leaving Deer Lake Art Gallery I drove in to Granville Island for the opening of Dish it Up, the current show at the Gallery of BC Ceramics. At 5 o'clock it was quiet and still sunny so I took photographs of the submissions from the general BC Potters' Guild membership. This show is another in the series of exhibits organized to…