Here are some more photos of work by members of Fraser Valley Potters Guild. Their juried show opened at Coquitlam's Place des Arts last Friday. To see more about the opening please click on the previous blog. I took too many photos for one blog! Cheryl Stapleton & Amy Gogarty Ailsa Brown & Suzanne Basnett Kay Bonathon Heather Northam + more I'm sorry I didn't…
'Tommy' Kakinuma taught some of the founding members of the BC Potters' Guild in the fifties and sixties, in the UBC Pottery Huts. Recently collectors have been finding his pieces in antique shops in Vancouver and wonder who he was. It seems very little has been known about him. Blogger Stacy Reynaud bought a bird pot from John Lawrence of Doda Antiques. John has a…
Since my last visit to England my sister Mary and her husband John have moved from the country into a smaller house in Salisbury. It's hard to imagine a more perfect city for a retired couple. Their house is five minutes from the central market square, the railway station and the cathedral where Mary is a steward. Our mum lived right in the Cathedral Close,…
When I was in the Gallery of BC Ceramics last Wednesday I was pleased to have a chance to see Stephanie Jonsson's show 'Spurious Synthetics'. It turned out to be the last week of her show, so this little blog will provide a glimpse of her sculptures for those who have now missed it. The next show 'The Best of BC' of work by BCPG…
North Vancouver potter and sculptor Santo Mignosa was our speaker at the TriCity Potters' monthly meeting last night. Santo was born in Sicily into a clay family. Tiles, bricks and quicklime were made from the local beach sand. He says that pots made with that mixture of sand, sea water and sea algae for clay held water even though they were earthenware. Salt glaze? …