tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68985149278846348372024-03-13T02:54:15.302-04:00Ceramic CuriosityAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04103707277588070057noreply@blogger.comBlogger114125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898514927884634837.post-42098083359526094232013-12-11T15:01:00.000-05:002013-12-11T15:01:08.590-05:00New websiteI am in the process of creating a new website. I will be blogging from there from now and I hope you have a chance to check it out. I have posted galleries of some of my new work and should be done with that task by the end of the week. I haven't completely decided how I want to use the website yet and how the final design will work but here is the initial design based on a wordpress theme.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04103707277588070057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898514927884634837.post-1048207086581295592013-08-24T23:50:00.000-04:002013-08-24T23:56:53.284-04:00Summer's almost overThe London Potters Guild fall class schedule is online. We have a variety of classes for all skill levels. I will be teaching the Friday night class again. The last class I taught was six weeks long and each class was 2.5 hours but this time it will be a full 8 week class and 3 hours long. I'm looking forward to that as the last class was difficult to cover all the topics and spend enough time Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04103707277588070057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898514927884634837.post-63631352620866016772013-05-11T21:45:00.001-04:002013-05-11T21:45:17.350-04:00We're building furnitureI'm planning on doing some shows with Kyle Thomson a fellow Sheridan Alum (http://imakepottery.wordpress.com/) to sell our ceramics. We've been busy preparing for a show on June 1st to try and see how we can sell together in the same tent. We are building some display shelves for our work. It's been a fun and challenging experience we are both potters and our furniture skills are a bit Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04103707277588070057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898514927884634837.post-50362092227385688542013-05-05T16:37:00.000-04:002013-05-05T16:37:25.104-04:00First VideoI thought I would try to make a demo video today. I'm a bit shy and don't like the sound of my voice so I decided to use a song in the background. Though in the next few weeks I do plan to be a little more ambitious and explain what I'm doing in each video. Anyway I hope you take a moment to watch what I created as I get prepared for a few show's this summer and hopefully get my work in a few newAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04103707277588070057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898514927884634837.post-8968973709072745232013-04-13T00:45:00.001-04:002013-04-13T00:45:14.716-04:00The next round of pottery classesSo I'm halfway through my first pottery class at the London Potter's Guild. I hope my students are enjoying it as much as I am. The next round of class starts next month and the registration is up online. I'm teaching another Friday night class if enough people sign up for it. Each class at the guild needs a minimum of 6 students to go ahead. I should write my instructors bio for the website Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04103707277588070057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898514927884634837.post-83224286745501399312013-03-08T21:16:00.001-05:002013-03-08T23:28:17.585-05:00Last classI really need to blog more often. This is my first time using my phone to blog so I will keep it short. I've been teaching a class with Kyle Thomson (http://imakepottery.wordpress.com/) a fellow Sheridan grad at the London Clay Art Centre. Here is some of our class glazing their pots.
In a few weeks I get my first solo class and I'm very excited about it.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04103707277588070057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898514927884634837.post-49294819240756579962012-04-07T14:14:00.000-04:002012-04-07T16:31:58.562-04:00But now for the first time I understandI did a quick search for a Song poem online for this post and this one jumped out at me. I feel it relates to some of the paintings I have been working on lately. But anyway I heard some interesting news this week. A Song dynasty bowl recently sold at auction for 26.7 million U.S. dollars. That is an astonishing amount of money and is hard to comprehend. It's interesting to consider how many Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04103707277588070057noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898514927884634837.post-82850900819733314672012-03-07T20:22:00.002-05:002012-03-08T17:47:55.440-05:00A handle and jars to shareI should be posting some paintings and drawings soon. But how long have I been saying that? I haven't really liked much of my work lately. But when do I anyway? This is just a quick post. I found this link through one of my favourite pottery blogs http://slipware.blogspot.com/2012/02/saturday-and-sunday-on-monday.html .
http://www.rammuseum.org.uk/Collections/ The Royal Albert Memorial Museum &Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04103707277588070057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898514927884634837.post-37378690592764665722011-08-06T16:41:00.000-04:002011-08-06T16:41:19.593-04:00Some CupsHere are some cups I found from my local thrift store. They are made by an old pottery from Collingwood Ontario. Here is a wikipedia link about it. And a link to the fan club. I remember a fun lecture about glazes from an instructor at Sheridan about buying their glaze materials at auction. One member of the class thought he was telling the class that he liked this type of pottery and became Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04103707277588070057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898514927884634837.post-56083598804669906142011-06-04T17:16:00.001-04:002011-06-04T17:17:36.060-04:00A page in history"Harper's agenda is disastrous for this country and for my generation,"
I'm sorry that I haven't been blogging recently. I have had politics on my mind frequently in the past few months. I try to keep politics and my blog separated from each other. Though some of my recent things are leaning politically. Well my sort of ceramics stuff anyway. But I wanted to write a post about the recent Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04103707277588070057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898514927884634837.post-41464297893227765292011-05-01T23:51:00.006-04:002011-05-01T23:59:30.955-04:00E-DayStephen Lewis talks to election day volunteers. This video may be from 1984.
Today may be a historic day in Canadian politics and I hope it goes well.
Get out and vote for change and the NDP.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04103707277588070057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898514927884634837.post-26302322751166170262011-03-27T14:50:00.000-04:002011-03-27T14:50:16.973-04:00This is your last chance.
Warren MacKenzie on Ebay
Here are some beautiful pieces of ceramics being sold for a great cause. The recent events in Japan have been tragic. Potter Ayumi Horie has responded by helping to organize an auction of pottery on Ebay. Ebay link here I was surprised to see a Hamada Shoji vase amongst the items. I think I have mentioned him before in one of my posts and I have an unfinished post aboutAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04103707277588070057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898514927884634837.post-78300299871928407192011-03-25T20:27:00.003-04:002011-03-27T20:22:01.201-04:00I never had confidence in youFirst of all before I start this post I would like to say that this winter has to end. It's officially spring and it's time the snow went away. It was shocking to see the snow on the ground this week, in the eerie blue light of the morning. So this blog post may be a poor attempt at humour. It is what it is. Well, it was eerie with the snow on the ground.
Okay now to get to the point of Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04103707277588070057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898514927884634837.post-23390643711786026732011-03-05T19:57:00.001-05:002011-03-05T19:57:50.369-05:00A show to go to.A former student from Sheridan Deborah Freeman has a show you should consider going to. I will probably not be able to get to the opening but it will probably be a lot of fun to attend. She is highly skilled functional potter with work that has a great personality and attention to detail. Deb was a big help to me when I was in my second year at Sheridan. She was in her third year then, she was Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04103707277588070057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898514927884634837.post-31193120521440075712011-02-20T15:49:00.002-05:002011-02-20T15:50:17.971-05:00"But I've never been a saint..." Just like getting your clay to centre on the wheel your life may flow with more ease if you find a centre within your self. When you sit down to throw form you make is simple to achieve when the clay you are throwing is centred on the wheel. You find that you are not struggling against but being what it is to become.
Step 1:
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04103707277588070057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898514927884634837.post-82252369710741648632011-02-19T23:44:00.000-05:002011-02-19T23:44:13.651-05:00To kiss the sleeping museGoogle informed me that today was Constantin Brancusi's Birthday. He would have been 135 years old today if he was still alive. He is one of the most interesting modern sculptors in my opinion. Here is a little cup he made in 1918.
You can find some of his work here or here as well as many other collections. Some craft readers may be interested in looking into to his Romanian folk inspired Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04103707277588070057noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898514927884634837.post-57512616743821888212011-02-04T16:04:00.001-05:002013-03-08T22:57:38.398-05:00Expected DeliveryThis is a video that was requested by one of my readers. Probably because it is a bit embarrassing for me. I decided to send some videos to a friend to edit (The same person who was asking why I didn't post this video). I have been lagging behind on the editing so she agreed to try it. I hope she has some fun with it and gives us something we will all enjoy. Here is a screen shot from the Canada Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04103707277588070057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898514927884634837.post-84772690096321590102010-12-29T05:09:00.001-05:002010-12-29T05:10:46.794-05:00It's about time to finish those draftsThe year is coming to a close. I found that blogging this year was an interesting experience. I enjoyed sharing my ideas and interests with you. This blog has had ups and downs, some posts are more thoughtful than others(and will probably be edited and expanded). I have tried to use it to express a part of myself that I usually don't share with many people. It often veers off with seemingly Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04103707277588070057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898514927884634837.post-60056066055870787012010-12-28T22:40:00.002-05:002010-12-28T22:41:50.072-05:00Happy Festivus!Today seems like a good day to celebrate Carleton Wilson a good friend and poet from the Junction in Toronto. He made some recordings of his poems during a recent stay in the hospital. Thankfully he was able to get out in time to be with his family for Christmas. If you would like to check them out here is the link. Happy Birthday Carleton!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04103707277588070057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898514927884634837.post-15954210661384170342010-12-15T19:31:00.001-05:002010-12-15T19:31:44.026-05:00I turn my head with one long sighA Hundred Sorrows
A hundred sorrows under a single sail:
wind and waves, poles of the line of vision,
birds sunk in the mist, and the mountains with them.
All the colour of the south, still cold next to the skin.
Getting past this place, this autumn of the heart,
one starts to know what hard traveling means.
The evening sun lingers a moment on the sandbar.
I turn my head with one long sigh.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04103707277588070057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898514927884634837.post-56990917073081795172010-12-13T02:20:00.000-05:002010-12-13T02:20:01.584-05:00Freude, schöner Götterfunken
White Christmas
Is it spring yet? And another beard freezing day has passed. I would like my work to have something divine about it and not relate to a deity. My rational side understands that a god is not likely but my irrational side can lead to a false interpretation of experience. Divinity has played a significant role in the history of western art and has obviously made an impression on myAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04103707277588070057noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898514927884634837.post-58110733696116252322010-11-29T18:53:00.001-05:002010-12-05T23:09:49.478-05:00Ceramic NecklacesI saw these at the Dawkins store website. Here is the makers site.
The Original Tree of Life Ceramic Necklace (or Ode to Charles Darwin in Gray)
Here is some info about the out campaign. http://outcampaign.org
And an interesting T-shirt from the website.
Here is the text from the back of the T-shirt if you have trouble reading the image.
“The Bible says modern people are the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04103707277588070057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898514927884634837.post-32430875589752383442010-11-28T23:25:00.001-05:002010-11-28T23:26:30.948-05:00You're more unstable than I could have possibly imagined.
Will I find a solution to this problem? It has been a big distraction for me this year. Or I have been to distracted to deal with this problem. I have been thinking about religion, spirituality, my place in our universe and how it relates to my work. I have been questioning my understanding of the world around me for the past few years. The main problem was the relevance of spirituality without Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04103707277588070057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898514927884634837.post-72581165465044719772010-11-28T18:48:00.002-05:002010-11-28T19:02:51.297-05:00They have rights too!A new big release from wikileaks today. When is wikileaks going to Jingdezhan to release clay and glaze recipes.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04103707277588070057noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898514927884634837.post-9769841294638921992010-11-26T13:34:00.003-05:002010-11-26T13:38:17.389-05:00I have rights too!Sometimes you have to stand up for your rights. Some readers who like textiles may find this interesting Now some people may not like this link due to the graphic nature of it. But it's not really offensive. Well the images aren't offensive, unless you're very sensitive to images of "sort of" nude people. I find the invasive and ineffective process offensive and what people are being put through.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04103707277588070057noreply@blogger.com0