Western Front Gala Dinner and Art Auction – Gillian McMillan

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Presentation Platter

On my way in to Vancouver on Tuesday, for that meeting at the Ceramics Gallery and to collect my remaining stock, I stopped in at the Western Front. The latest plates had emerged from the kiln that morning and Al quickly took photos of them. There was a bit of a rush for one particular platter that Eric Metcalfe had painted. He explained to me…

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March 1st, 2018

Art shows / Vancouver Art

Western Front Gala Auction preview

When I popped in to Eric Metcalfe's little studio at the Western Front to drop off plates I was confronted with some great art work. On his table rested a huge porcelain jar, made in JingdeZhen and painted collaboratively by Paul Mathieu and Eric himself. What a super combination of their two, very compatible ways of painting on clay. The two men meet for tea…

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March 4th, 2017

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.