The huge new exhibition which has just opened at UBC's Museum of Anthropology is not what you would expect from a Ceramics show. Curator Carol Mayer has assembled an astonishing collection of ceramics, all made by BC-based artists during the last eighty years. This is not a pottery show, rather this is a chance to see an inspiring display of clay creations that are…
I have taken the description of this show from the MOA email invitation. The opening reception and lectures were last Friday and Saturday but there is plenty of time to see the elegant 'introductions' Gwyn Hanssen Pigott has made. I enjoyed her lecture, taking photos (in rather low museum light) and a great chance to catch up with the local ceramic community. Below the invitation…
This felt like a productive day. Last night I made the 4 dessert plates I'd promised for the Oven and Kiln Fundraiser next week and today I got them painted with stencilled slip designs. Photos after the glaze firing.. Then I put some handles on 4 jug birds so there's a hope that I can get them and 3 more painted and fired for ArtWalk.…