Vic Cicansky – Gillian McMillan

more Symposium photos

During the afternoon of the Symposium I walked up the hill to see the display of work that had been fired in the Ombu kiln. I had been invited to bring a piece in, and although I like salt firing best I had a good piece that had been in a good spot on the top shelf of a salt/soda firing in the gas-assisted end…

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March 26th, 2013

Vancouver Art

Elementum: Form, Function & Feast

350 people attended Elementum: Form, Function and Feast, the 6th Triennial Canadian Clay Ceramic Symposium, held at Shadbolt Centre for the Arts on Saturday. With 13 presenters there was something for everybody, whether beginner or professional, wheel thrower, hand builder, sculptor, teacher, curator or writer. To be honest I saw it as a chance to catch up with potters I've met in over 40 years…

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March 25th, 2013

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.