When clouds weren't obscuring the lovely sun yesterday morning I dashed outside and photographed my brand-new jugbirds on a suitable tree stump or garden walkway, wherever a bird might happen to hesitate. Later in the day I enjoyed a jaunt in to Granville Island. At Circle Craft I borrowed back half a dozen of my best salt-fired pieces to show to ArtWalk guests. And Vincent…
Yesterday Al and I drove into Granville Island to let the galleries have the few new jugbirds I have for them. Surprise! There was a new poster - fame at last! Then we checked out some South Granville street galleries. One well-known Alberta/BC Gallery is showing Joe Fafard's new work. I always enjoy his huge bulls in city locations - Vancouver, Edmonton, Toronto. In the…
Yesterday Alan and I went in to Granville Island for the opening of Keith Rice-Jones' show 'Size Matters' at the Gallery of BC Ceramics. He worked on the ideas for these large garden pieces while on a 3-month solo residency at Sturt Pottery in Australia. The work looked fine in the gallery space, on plain concrete, in September sunshine. As gallery manager Sharon Cohen said,…
The other day we were in Vancouver to help our son celebrate his 35th birthday. We found him some Danish Modern chairs in a New Westminster 2nd-hand store. Mike's collecting that era furniture for his old apartment and seemed delighted with our find. There are 4 armless dining chairs to match. Then we went down to Granville Island. People like the salty mugs at the…