As I headed into my fifth day of having no voice due to a nasty case of pharyngitis I still had stuff to do today. I know, 'drink lots and rest' are the rules. I emptied my bisque kiln on Sunday and then on Monday managed to wax some plates and glaze all but knew I was too tired to get the loading done carefully…
It's now almost two weeks since I went over to Burnaby Art Gallery on a Thursday evening for the opening of Joe Fafard's latest show here in the Lower Mainland. I'm always curious to see what this well-known Canadian sculptor from Saskatchewan has been up to. From his humorous and loving clay sculptures of prairie folk, to portraits of famous artists and later to the…
During the afternoon of the Symposium I walked up the hill to see the display of work that had been fired in the Ombu kiln. I had been invited to bring a piece in, and although I like salt firing best I had a good piece that had been in a good spot on the top shelf of a salt/soda firing in the gas-assisted end…