local pottery shows / Vancouver Art

Yunomi (Japanese style cups)

  It might make more sense to read today's three blogs in the reverse order. I wrote the third, below, first. Each of the artists in the High Fire Culture show had a Yunomi displayed on individual shelves. I photographed the ones that appealed to me.     At the end of Shelly Rosenblum's talk in the second gallery yesterday we watched as Martin Peters…

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May 26th, 2013
local pottery shows / Vancouver Art

Nora Vaillant at High Fire Culture

The North-West Ceramic Foundation sponsored talks to accompany the Ceramic show at Satellite gallery. Potter and Researcher Nora Vaillant walked around the exhibit, explaining the relationships between the featured potters and their mentors. All demonstrate clearly their passion for the Leach/Hamada philosophy. This is not to say that they never work outside this aesthetic but, like many of us, they are cheerfully influenced by the…

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May 26th, 2013