At last we have had a gorgeous, if cool sunny day. Al and I took an hour-long walk down to the nearby Trans-Canada Trail and were pleased to see Schoolhouse Creek salmon stream restoration under the recently opened Skytrain Line. Then I decided to use the non-rainy day to take plates out to the kiln shed rather than make a mad dash up to the…
I've been noticing the quietly elegant mugs, teapots and pouring vessels made by Sarah Pike for a while. The pieces are well-thought-out and uncomplicated. At first I thought they were wheel-thrown, but no, they are all fabricated with slabs, impressed stamps and hand-built additions. Her glaze palette is restrained and remind one of the ancient rocks in her surrounding environment in Fernie, BC. On my…
It's time to write a catch-up blog. Some of you will know that my husband Alan has spent the summer waiting in line for open heart surgery. Finally on October 14th he reached the top of the list and his quadruple bypass operation at St Paul's hospital, in downtown Vancouver, was successful. He was in CSICU for four days and in a ward for another…
This is the second of two blogs on the new show at West Vancouver Museum. The previous one showed some of Sally Michener's sculptures. In this one I am posting work by Tam Irving. I first met Tam when he was long-time president of the BC Potters' Guild. It was a comfortable fit for him and for us in the clay community because the…
Four of us decided to travel in to Vancouver and Burnaby together last Thursday evening. That way we only needed one parking spot on Granville Island. June MacDonald drove Ysabella Choung, Dorothy Doherty and me. Dorothy and I have pieces in the Gallery of BC Ceramics's current member show 'Testing.. Testing 123' and we met up with Keith and Celia Rice-Jones as we entered. They…