For some time now my fellow potters have been suggesting that they'd like to have a tile-painting session with me. The problem is that a workshop involves transporting lots of tiles, slips and other equipment to our meeting venue. So, at the June meeting I invited any interested members to join me on a summer week-day for an afternoon of playing with slips, right here,…
After three very busy days I think that hosting 'Art in the Garden' here as one of ten open gardens was very worthwhile. While we had a heat wave I wondered if there would be any colour at all and it was too hot to do garden maintenance except in the evenings. Now that we've had some rain and it's cooler I can relax and enjoy…
It seems we're in for a heat wave and I'm worried about keeping the garden watered so that it looks good for visitors on July 19th. This is only the second time Art in the Garden has been held here in the Tri-Cities, the first one was two years ago. As there was no ArtWalk in April this year I decided to offer my garden as a venue…
The TriCity Potters' final meeting of the year was held at Port Moody Arts Centre last Wednesday. Just this once we were given Studio 1 which is the open area upstairs. It was perfectly adequate for the 17 members who attended. But when we have more people there we will be happy to occupy a larger room in the new/old building or the connecting atrium.…
Last weekend Susan Delatour Lepoidevin presented a hand-building workshop in Maple Ridge, 'That Special Place: Hand Building Houses. She has made a career from her passion for ancient, idiosyncratic buildings found all around the world. They form the basis for a clay dwelling,lighthouse or castle and she makes each one into a little story. She adds birds, bricks, windows, flowers, people and chimneys and…