The weather was perfect for this year's Eastside Culture Crawl, with no rain or snow. Alan and I chose to drive in to Vancouver on Friday evening to begin crawling. The annual Visual Arts, Design and Crafts Festival is now enormous so we made a list of studios to visit on our first planned crawl for this year. I had hoped to post my blog…
I booked myself a glazing spot for noon at the Potters Guild of BC gas kiln last Saturday. Four pots were already glazed in my studio so it didn't take long to dip the last one in the guild's Malcolm Davis shino. It seems stupid to join the firing for so few pots but I fancied a Vancouver day anyway. Next Saturday I'll see how…
During 2022 I've been following the news about firings in the Potters' Guild of BC gas kiln. Funding was secured and the current board purchased a big Bailey kiln from Emily Carr U. Thanks to the enthusiastic manager of the Mergatroid Artists Studio building, Morley Faber, it has now been installed on a levelled, covered concrete pad next to the building. Technicians have been trained,…