After Christmas I wandered into my studio and noticed that I still had the remains of experiments with blue, red and white earthenware clay. I decided to just enjoy throwing with no need to embellish the surface of the few pots I made. Only now, after trimming to reveal the striations, bisque-firing and then glazing with the new, all-forgiving clear glaze can I see what…
Last week's glaze firing took care of all the Raiders' plates and my jugbirds and yunomis. Mina's huge round red plate is rather splendid. It needed a shelf all to itself. There was an oval dish by Michelle and a tall, mould-made vase, painted with similar soft colours. Renée brought out two round dinner plates that she'd painted at home…
After all the excitement of the Clay Symposium at Shadbolt Centre last month I've found that things have been quiet in the ceramics community lately. I'll post photos of what I've been up to later. But I did go to the BC Potters Guild AGM on Monday March 20th at the Gallery of BC Ceramics and was happy to meet Ying-Yueh's friend Juliane Shibata who teaches at Carleton…
I expect it was the Gallery of BC Ceramics' call for yunomis that got me thinking about making some again. Lots of atmospheric-firing people like to make these Oriental-inpired handle-less cups but I've always felt that if I prefer to drink tea or coffee out of a mug or cup with a handle then I shouldn't mess with another culture. But the form is…
We have felt as if we were under siege for the last six weeks. Snow arrived in early December and it kept on coming, so that there were no spaces to park in front of our house. We struggled to keep walkways clear for mail delivery and to get to the car but I had to postpone any plate painting gatherings. Luckily the skies cleared on Christmas…