February has been a tumultuous month for BC's Ceramic community. At the end of January BC Potters' Guild President Laura Carey sent an email to members notifying us that the Gallery would be closing at the end of February. A final show 'The Guiding Hand' featuring the wood-fired work of Past President Jinny Whitehead opened on Feb 1st. I had a cold and didn't attend.…
Life seems to be 'on hold' today, mainly because the forecast snowfall is happening. We were warned.. yesterday was a gorgeous sunny cold day and I made good use of it. This week's creations dried over the previous night and I carefully transported all the finished plates and my jugbirds out to the kiln shed. It's a bit of a worry because there was snow…
After Christmas I wandered into my studio and noticed that I still had the remains of experiments with blue, red and white earthenware clay. I decided to just enjoy throwing with no need to embellish the surface of the few pots I made. Only now, after trimming to reveal the striations, bisque-firing and then glazing with the new, all-forgiving clear glaze can I see what…
Just the other day BC potters received very sad news from the BC Potters Guild board's president, Laura Carey. It has been decided that, due to falling numbers of customers at our gallery and ever-increasing rent, the Gallery of BC Ceramics will close at the end of February. The same email invited us to last Thursday's opening for past-president Jinny Whitehead's solo show. It will…
With encouragement from staff at the Gallery of BC Ceramics I have made some bird mugs. Earlier this year I made a few mugs which were not any specific bird, just a jolly combination of greens with white chest and red spots. They have a little beak which is not a spout but otherwise take just as long to make and paint as my jugbirds do. I wondered…