Tomorrow I plan to take myself to Richmond Art Gallery on the last day of 'Imperfect Offerings' which is another show featuring oodles of pots, and the kintsugi of Naoko Fukumaru. But first I'd like to mention some of the personal pottery events and finds from our recent holiday on Saltspring and Vancouver Islands. After the successful getaway in August of 2020, during an endless…
To celebrate forty years of promoting and celebrating Fine Crafts in BC, Circle Craft Co-op invited longtime members who work in clay to be part of a special show. I remember visiting their Christmas Craft Fair when it was held at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre (the Cultch), meeting some artists who are still members and enjoying my first taste of carrot cake! I have…
Our speaker at last night's monthly meeting of TriCity Potters was Mary Fox. We are lucky she was in town from Ladysmith delivering work to her new gallery on Robson Street, Vancouver. Stewart Stephenson Modern Art Gallery opens on December 12th. http://stewartstephenson.com Mary had to wait a while before starting her presentation as we needed to make sure members had all the information about the…
On Friday I dropped some jugbirds off at the Music Box gallery in West Van for 'Crackerjack'. Then I decided to go to see the big Circle Craft Christmas Market at the new Convention Centre. Not wanting to park downtown, or take the seabus on a nasty windy day I chose to take the Blue West Van bus from Ambleside, over Lion's Gate bridge and…
Last Saturday we took our bikes into Vancouver so that we could cycle all around False Creek after checking out Mary Fox's opening at the Gallery of BC Ceramics. Mary was very busy explaining her work to interested visitors. The show features elegant vases with her distinctive layered and textured glazes as well as smaller bowls with similar organic surfaces. You've done lots of work,…