Last Wednesday Al and I went in to Vancouver. I had made a late-afternoon appointment to drop off a new selection of work at Circle Craft. If you pop in there you'll see that I left jolly earthenware jugbirds and several special soda pieces. Before going down to Granville Island we stopped in at Pulp Fiction Books so that I could deliver the 'Constructivist Yunomi'…
I killed several birds with one stone on Thursday. What a dreadful expression for getting several errands done in one trip! Two potter friends, Barbara Tipton and Faye Oakes joined me for a chance to see the show 'Malleable: Changing Notions of Women' at the Italian Cultural Centre. I missed the opening and now have only just managed to catch the show. But several women potter…
Well, perhaps not gems but it's nice alliteration! Certainly the contents of the top shelf of my recently opened glaze firing are jolly. I have already posted pics of all the Raiders' plates that were on shelves below so now I'll show some of my work. I have neglected the jugbirds lately, probably because of the excitement of 'The Raiders' show on Bowen Island and…
There's always something new to see on a visit to Granville Island! Last Wednesday, July 4th, Alan and I drove into town for me to deliver a new selection of pots to Circle Craft. The traffic to get on to the Island was horrendous, but we found a parking spot near the old Art School and walked along Johnson street towards the Market and the…
I like sharing the space in my kiln with all those painted plates. It means that I can fire however many of my pieces are ready without wasting electricity or waiting until I have made enough to fill the kiln. Last week I added Bill Thomson's large plate for a re-fire and then when all the packing was done I found that I had one…