In spite of it being a dreadfully rainy day, last Thursday’s ‘That Pottery Thing’ was a huge success and so much fun. When I arrived at the Mayer studio around 5pm the well-equipped photography space had been completely transformed into a welcoming venue for our guests. Long tables held all the ceramic donations, arranged in three groups for the auction ending deadlines and carefully arranged…
It's exactly a year and a half since I've been able to welcome 'Raiders' to my studio to paint plates. Last Friday we decided to take advantage of warm weather and assemble a small group to work in the studio with the door open and to lunch outside. Eric Metcalfe, Renée Van Halm and Monique Fouquet arrived together, bringing lunch. I had…
On my way into Vancouver for the opening of Tam Irving's show at VisualSpace I stopped at the studios of two 'Raiders'. Eric Metcalfe and Renée Van Halm are two artists who have been regular attendees at plate-painting 'Raids' at our Port Moody house. Each had kindly agreed to donate a piece of their work to the upcoming fund-raising auction being arranged by and for…
Tam Irving's latest solo show opened at VisualSpace Gallery in Vancouver last Saturday. The only Art Show opening I attended last year was Tam's show in the same venue so I was interested to see what he has been working on since then. It turns out that Tam has abandoned, probably permanently, wheel-throwing in favour of hand-built slab work for 2D images. There are…
A Circle Craft customer requested a Stellar's Jay jugbird and a Crow so my version of each were in my recent earthenware firing. There is already lots of my work in the Granville Island Co-op shop but staff said they'd like these two brought in. The sun began to emerge so I opted to drive in to town and give myself a change of scenery.…