After I'd had a day or two to make notes on the salt firing I chose some pieces to deliver to my Granville Island galleries. The interim manager at the Gallery of BC Ceramics, Laura Carey, seemed pleased with the new work but she also showed me how much she likes my miniature Pileated Woodpecker jug bird! Assistant Carita Ho is always happy with…
I love getting emails from my website! This morning someone from England sent me a photo of an Eagle jugbird he'd bought at a shop in SW London. It was originally shown at the now-closed Candover Gallery in Alresford, Hants in an 'Animals' show. You don't often get any news of old friends from your studio after they've left. Happy! Another exciting piece of news…
Monday was my day to deliver new work to Circle Craft shop and the Gallery of BC Ceramics. At the latter I was pleased to find the Alberta Potters' show 'Wide Open'. While this show of small work travels to several locations in BC our 'BC in a Box' show is being shown in Red Deer and Medicine Hat, Alberta.…
Some people use their jugbirds for milk and have asked me to make a sugar container to match. My recent batch of work included jugbirds, each of which has a sugarpot painted to coordinate with whatever bird it is. Alan tried out our new photo lightbox for these photos. The depth of field is good but now…
I took photos of work all around the Gallery of BC Ceramics while we were there. You can see that there is a tremendous quantity and variety of work available. Gallery manager Sharon Cohen and her staff take good care of our work and do a tremendous job of informing customers and admirers all about the pieces. I generally take a photo of my current…