Read more about the article Earth, Form, Fire
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Earth, Form, Fire

  This title was chosen for TriCity Potters' upcoming juried show as a way to include a variety of pottery techniques. Who knew what juror, David Lloyd, would select? We were each invited to enter up to ten pieces and no fewer than two, with the understanding that each entrant would have at least one piece in the show. (This has been the system used…

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March 2nd, 2020
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Soda Reveal

Before I headed out with fellow TriCity Potters Shelley Bondheim and Gay Mitchell last Tuesday I loaded glazed plates and jugbirds into their electric firing and turned the kiln on to heat slowly. We three arrived at the Shadbolt Centre's 'Steam Plant' for 3pm and were quickly joined by nearly all of the other participants in last week's soda firing. Jay and Tony finally opened…

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April 19th, 2019
Read more about the article 2nd Annual TriCity Potters’ Soda Firing
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2nd Annual TriCity Potters’ Soda Firing

Yesterday turned out to be a really wonderful day. I've been working towards two firings for the last month or more so began my Friday by getting out to my kiln shed and glazing all the earthenware pieces that I'd waxed the night before. It turns out that Greenbarn's acrylic-type wax resist needs to rest overnight anyway (and even then doesn't really repel glaze like…

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April 13th, 2019
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I’m Happy to be Raided!

In spite of a little overnight snowfall five Raiders showed up in Port Moody on Wednesday. The sun was shining so the ice on the road and walkways was quickly melted. I just managed to get another group of plates bisque-fired and cool enough to take out of the kiln that morning and I didn't want to slip while carrying them from the kiln shed…

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February 22nd, 2019
Read more about the article So.. Da Results
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So.. Da Results

Any time you fire with flame rather than predictable electricity you are going to have surprises. Whether your work is in a reduction-firing in a gas kiln, in a wood kiln or a salt or soda firing you can never be sure how things will work out. There are sometimes serendipitous happenings and other times when the surfaces are flat, rough, crunchy or the wrong…

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April 14th, 2018