Last Wednesday was the final meeting of the year for TriCity Potters. We were pleased to have about 15 people there seeing it was also the actual Stanley Cup final game. But as it turned out those who came don't particularly care for hockey and we were all better off not watching Vancouver's debacle and the shenanigans afterwards. To celebrate our first four years in…
It's a rainy day today so I'm not tempted to be out in the garden. My clay work began with my inserting spouts in the 4 earthenware jugbirds I threw on Saturday. They'll firm up overnight. Then I threw some candle-holders to reaquaint myself with how I used to do that. Wednesday's TriCity Potters' meeting will focus on the making, either by throwing or hand-building,…
TriCity Potters' meetings are held at 7pm on the third Thursday of the month at the Port Moody Senior High School 300 Albert St, Port Moody, BC V3H 2M5 All are welcome to attend. Tomorrow's presenter is Rob Bush. The information below is taken from our newsletter. Thanks as ever Linda for getting the word out to members - in spite of having spent the weekend at…
Vincent Massey's weekend workshop at Coquitlam's Place des Arts was a great success. 30 keen potters were so happy with what they'd been shown. I popped in at the very end in time for Vincent's critique of their mostly finished slab, texture and extrusions platters. And I saw his demo platters - luscious! I was told I'd missed an excellent video too, taken in Whistler.…
Tomorrow Vincent Massey will be giving a workshop at Place des Arts, Coquitlam. This is a joint offering between Place des Arts and our TriCity Potters. The event is sold out and will, I'm sure, leave the attendees enthused about new ways to handbuild platters and trays. This was our poster for the event - assembled by our board member Christine Eastlick. More information about…