Photos of ‘Table Salt’

Saturday found Alan and me in Vancouver again and it was a good chance to take a closer look at the current show at the Gallery of BC Ceramics, 'Table Salt'. Here is the invitation showing the artists involved. Each artist had a wall display to distinguish their distinctive styles of work and in the rest of the space their pieces were displayed together. Rather…

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TriCity Potters’ June meeting & new salty pots!

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…

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New Jugbirds for ArtWalk

When clouds weren't obscuring the lovely sun yesterday morning I dashed outside and photographed my brand-new jugbirds on a suitable tree stump or garden walkway, wherever a bird might happen to hesitate. Later in the day I enjoyed a jaunt in to Granville Island. At Circle Craft I borrowed back half a dozen of my best salt-fired pieces to show to ArtWalk guests. And Vincent…

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Vincent Massey’s platter workshop

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.…

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Vincent Massey workshop in Coquitlam

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…

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