We left our old home in June and now, after six months, we are settled and pleased to be here in Treetops. The turmoil and planning for leaving, after making an old house, garden, study and studio work for us for 54 years, took up many months. I hadn't made pots for so long but in the Fall I threw stoneware pots for an October…
I think members of TriCity Potters were pleased with the results of our group soda firing at the end of October. The rain poured down so we had to pack up our work quickly after we'd finished scraping and kiln-washing the shelves so there was no time to consider each other's pieces. At our upcoming meeting on Wednesday Nov. 20th members have been asked to…
Now that I've had a few days to study and photograph my latest efforts from the soda kiln, I can show them to you. The two best pieces are being kept secret for a Summer event. 'Nuff said, but it's hard not to share them right away! Overall I thought the firing was very good. As you saw in the earlier post there were some…
A Circle Craft customer requested a Stellar's Jay jugbird and a Crow so my version of each were in my recent earthenware firing. There is already lots of my work in the Granville Island Co-op shop but staff said they'd like these two brought in. The sun began to emerge so I opted to drive in to town and give myself a change of scenery.…
Just a week ago I took my two cubic feet quota of pots over to The Vault Kiln at Shadbolt Centre. It was all arranged so that folks could safely spray, glaze and wad their pieces before leaving them on shelves next to the soda kiln. I'd already prepared my pieces in my studio so merely left them in the kiln shed. We were…