SHUFFLE – Gillian McMillan

Read more about the article Painted Plates, ‘Snow’ clay & the SHUFFLE

Sgraffito plate

Painted Plates, ‘Snow’ clay & the SHUFFLE

Once the early June celebratory time was over I got around to painting ten Egg boxes with underglazes so that I could get the most recent plates fired as well. 'Snow' white earthenware clay from Plainsman Clays has been recommended as a replacement for the Georgie's Wonder White that I have been using for some years now. I need a white clay for my visiting…

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June 19th, 2023

Read more about the article Port Moody’s ArtWalk/SHUFFLE

Pond Green jugbird with red bill

Art shows / Gillian's work / local pottery shows / Port Moody Art / pottery / pottery studio visits / Salt Firing / workshop

Port Moody’s ArtWalk/SHUFFLE

Opening my studio to the public one day a year is a marvellous incentive to get the space clean and tidy. Tomorrow is the day of the Port Moody ArtWalk. Like last year it coincides with Summer Equinox. I have publicized the event on facebook and instagram and have sent invitations out to a list of friends. So if you've heard about this many times..…

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June 20th, 2019

Read more about the article Plates and a SHUFFLE

Mina

Gillian's work / Port Moody Art / pottery / pottery studio visits / Visiting artists

Plates and a SHUFFLE

The most recent Raiders to my studio have had to wait a few weeks to see the results of their painting day. I needed to finish a special order for the end of the month. As it turned out the kiln was perfectly full, with nothing left out. So here are the plates from Mina, Michelle and Pierre (see my…

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June 6th, 2018

Gillian McMillan combines a true love for birds, a fine eye for colour, hands which have learnt to mould clay, and a free-flying imagination ready to form a bird into a jug, or a jug into a bird. Either way, the combination of bird form and jug shape is without pretence.