While I have been waiting for my kiln to be cool enough for me to empty I've been out in the garden. It's time to cut off all those huge hollyhock plants. I couldn't help myself but harvest oodles of their seeds. So if you join us for 'Pottery in Port Moody' next weekend you may take lots of those seeds and we'll have a…
A reader of my blogs had wondered if the 'Raids' are workshops. No, they aren't. I trained as a teacher oh-so-many years ago, in London, but actually only taught in elementary schools for four years and then some time substitute teaching, but I have supplemented my pottery income by teaching wheel-throwing for decades. Then, when I became enamoured of painting with brightly coloured slips on red…
The SFU Archaeology Department's Christmas party was last Saturday and Al had decided that he's recovered enough to join his old friends and colleagues after so many months of being under the weather. Talking about weather, there then came lots of doubt about whether we could get up the Port Coquitlam hills to attend said party. Luckily we were offered a ride with four other…
This past week has been marvellously busy! But now, as I enjoy my five o'clock cuppa after the glaze kiln has turned itself off, I reflect once more that deadlines are great for getting work done! Here's a little rundown of the week: Last Thursday I was pleased to have painted the last five jugbirds in the current group. That's about as many as I…
On Friday there was a small ceremony to celebrate the unveiling of Port Moody's newest Art Project. On the north side of Clarke street, between the Barnet Highway and Douglas street there is a new green plywood fence. It will hide the untidy machinery and building materials being used there for the building of our long-awaited Evergreen Skytrain line. To…