Today's blog includes notes on pots, the garden and a reminder to TriCity potters to bring a pot for 'Show and Tell'. Here it is half-way through June and I'm finding myself often distracted and not getting to my studio. The garden is growing apace, with glorious flowers and less-glorious weeds competing for my attention. The delphiniums are, as usual, astonishingly blue. For our…
Alan travelled up to Whistler last Wednesday with the Carlsons to attend the Canadian Archaeology Association's annual conference. I drove up to join him on Friday. More about Whistler soon. But on the two days of lovely Spring sunshine here I actually spent lots of time in my studio, preparing plates for another plate-painting 'raid' yesterday and assembling two largish new birds. I…
We were lucky with the weather for ArtWalk! On Friday the heavens opened and I thought that all the outdoor events would be spoiled and people would be discouraged from walking. Saturday was merely cloudy and rather cold and I think that there were more events happening down on Queens street so my studio was relatively quiet. But Sunday was a lovely sunny Spring day…
I've put together a Picasa album of photos of salty pots. These are my best pieces from the Venema/Dobie/McMillan firing in Abbotsford last week. Take a look at the album and tell me which you like best! I'm not sure I'm ready to let them go yet but the Granville Island galleries want some now. https://picasaweb.google.com/112208740085943894765/GillSPotsFromSaltFiringDec2012?feat=email
Alan took good photographs of my latest series of Jugbirds. This is the link to the Picasa album of 12 pictures: https://picasaweb.google.com/112208740085943894765/August2012Jugbirds I'm particularly happy with the two new Loon Jugs and the 'Many a Slip' Jugbird. Do tell me which you like best!