It's almost the end of June and a month since we had family visitors here in the Lower Mainland. It was a busy time and I was happy to postpone some of my everyday activities like making plates, firing the kiln and gardening in favour of spending time with folks who made the effort to travel from afar to see us. So, unlike my usual…
There's always something new to see on a visit to Granville Island! Last Wednesday, July 4th, Alan and I drove into town for me to deliver a new selection of pots to Circle Craft. The traffic to get on to the Island was horrendous, but we found a parking spot near the old Art School and walked along Johnson street towards the Market and the…
Life seems to be 'on hold' today, mainly because the forecast snowfall is happening. We were warned.. yesterday was a gorgeous sunny cold day and I made good use of it. This week's creations dried over the previous night and I carefully transported all the finished plates and my jugbirds out to the kiln shed. It's a bit of a worry because there was snow…
Just the other day BC potters received very sad news from the BC Potters Guild board's president, Laura Carey. It has been decided that, due to falling numbers of customers at our gallery and ever-increasing rent, the Gallery of BC Ceramics will close at the end of February. The same email invited us to last Thursday's opening for past-president Jinny Whitehead's solo show. It will…
With encouragement from staff at the Gallery of BC Ceramics I have made some bird mugs. Earlier this year I made a few mugs which were not any specific bird, just a jolly combination of greens with white chest and red spots. They have a little beak which is not a spout but otherwise take just as long to make and paint as my jugbirds do. I wondered…