Some weeks ago I noticed that a group of potters had decided to hold a raffle as a way of generating donations in aid of Ukraine. Tickets for the raffle were $25 each and two winning tickets would receive some pots in the mail directly from the eleven donors. Very quickly masses of tickets sold. I bought one. Click this link to go to Kaitlan…
It was a thrill to be involved in the firing of a salt kiln again. Jackie turned on the kiln early in the morning, in fact Jackie did almost all the work. She wanted us to see how she makes the best use of her kiln. We provided the items to be salt fired and were happy to leave Jackie to make her considered decisions…
RIFF is the title of the current show at the Gallery of BC Ceramics. It is another in a series which pairs two artists, one of whom has been making work in clay for a number of years with another who is right at the beginning of her career. In this case the artists are Jackie Frioud and Sam Knopp, both of whom are well-known…
Sunday seemed like a perfect day to drive over to Horseshoe Bay for the Art Walk. I wanted to visit the potters so we wound up only getting to 3 of the 9 venues! But it was most interesting to see how their art walk was organized. Horseshoe Bay artists used to be part of a larger West Vancouver art event but found that being…
Saturday found Alan and me in Vancouver again and it was a good chance to take a closer look at the current show at the Gallery of BC Ceramics, 'Table Salt'. Here is the invitation showing the artists involved. Each artist had a wall display to distinguish their distinctive styles of work and in the rest of the space their pieces were displayed together. Rather…