tulipiere – Gillian McMillan

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Blue & White Inkwell, Stand & Flower Brick 1

Etre Fleur Bleue

Être Fleur Bleue Malory Tate (Ceramic Artist in Residence 2017/2018) Être Fleur Bleue is a collection of sentimental and romantic ceramic vessels embodying the French expression of “the little blue flower.” These vessels inspire the actions of arranging, gathering, and collecting. I've been looking forward to Malory Tate's year-end show ever since last September when she started her year-long residency in Port Moody Arts Centre.…

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July 15th, 2018

pottery studio visits / TriCity Potters

Malory Tate: Ceramic Artist in Residence PMAC

On Wednesday evening, a week ago, Ceramic artist Malory Tate was the presenter for TriCity Potters' March meeting. Since last Fall she has occupied the little pottery studio in the clay department of Port Moody Arts Centre as this year's Ceramic Artist in Residence. Malory grew up in Kamloops BC, the daughter of literary parents who gave her the romantic name. Perhaps this is why…

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March 22nd, 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.