Ceramics – Page 2 – Gillian McMillan

“Flower Vases with Flowers in a Vase” Paul Mathieu

'I have a show up now at the new ECU campus of my "Flower Vases with Flowers in a Vase", ceramics and large digital photos. Until Sunday Dec. 3, 1st floor Faculty space, open everyday.' This was the invitation I received from Paul Mathieu. Last Thursday, on a beastly rainy day, I first took plates to Mina's Strathcona home and then found my way…

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December 4th, 2017

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Russel Davis points out his parents' pots

English Pottery / travel

V&A Ceramics

Of the crowds of people who flock in to the Victoria and Albert Museum very few find their way to the top, sixth floor. Their loss. Who knows why I do this, but again I found myself unable to stop taking photographs. So then I thought I'd simply record the work that has some resonance for me. Either I've met the potters, have admired their…

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December 30th, 2015

Gillian McMillan combines a true love for birds, a fine eye for colour, hands which have learnt to mould clay, and a free-flying imagination ready to form a bird into a jug, or a jug into a bird. Either way, the combination of bird form and jug shape is without pretence.