While my latest earthenware pieces were being glaze-fired I cleaned all the red clay from my wheel and tools and wedged up a bag of stoneware clay. I must prepare some pots for the soda firing next week. The small kiln load fired nicely and I have these new pots to show you. Fiddlehead Ferns sgraffito slab lunch plate As usual, my pieces are almost…
This November will not be a happy memory for many British Columbians. The province is barely recovering from the horrendous long-lasting rainstorm of two weeks ago and now we are into a second fearful downpour, with a third forecast for next week. Faraway friends have been in touch to make sure we’re OK and yes, we certainly are, but we’re all feeling very sad at…
Tomorrow I plan to take myself to Richmond Art Gallery on the last day of 'Imperfect Offerings' which is another show featuring oodles of pots, and the kintsugi of Naoko Fukumaru. But first I'd like to mention some of the personal pottery events and finds from our recent holiday on Saltspring and Vancouver Islands. After the successful getaway in August of 2020, during an endless…
What did I do in May? When I carried pots down to the kiln shed for their bisque firing on the first of June I was slightly horrified to see that I hadn't fired the kiln since late April. After the excitement of the last soda firing it took me a while to get started on the next batch of earthenware work. I began by…
Way back in February we decided to find an AirBnB holiday house, on the coast if possible, so that we grandparents could spend more than an afternoon with the little boys, and their parents, and Uncle Mike and Robin. That weekend the rentals were being snapped up fast.. Vancouver Island and Gulf Island ideas weren't possible. Finally there was a Powell River panabode to sleep…