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Close Up of Waterfall in Yoho National Park
Abstract Mountain scene of the Baker Creek in Lake Louise

Creating PLAYFUL BEINGS Tarot Deck – a peek behind the scenes

On February 29, 2024, I launched my first Kickstarter campaign! The goal is to self-publish my very first tarot deck, PLAYFUL BEINGS. ...

Intaglio Printmaking - Caribou walking through a snowstorm

Intaglio Printmaking – A Great Medium for Nature Art

Caribou in a snow storm (2024) I had a wonderful opportunity in January to take an Intaglio Printmaking course at artsPlace in ...

My Favourite Books of 2023 – Learning and Pleasure

This was a strange reading year for me. I was alarmed in August to discover there was no way I wasn't going to hit my goal of 50 ...

A cobalt blue pottery jar with a practical twist - a lid that also acts as a plate.

A Practical Pottery Jar for Cookies

This practical pottery jar design has a hidden talent - the lid is also a plate to hold cookies for tea time! I learned how to throw this jar in a pottery class at artsPlace with Cam Fisher (a brilliant potter and teacher!) He showed our class how to use a rib to push out the walls make a nice ...

Close up of round pottery plate made with granite clay and turquoise glaze for the eating surface.

Pottery Dinner Plates Inspired by Mountains

My attempt at a second set of pottery dinner plates started with a hike in the Rocky Mountains - the famous Rockwall Hike! While Billy and I were exploring the backcountry, I would stop and take pictures of rock patterns and colours feeling that it would inspire some pottery work in the future. Fast ...

Coil Pottery Bowl sitting on a wooden table, gleaming in the daylight

Pottery Coil Bowl Inspired by Water and Ancient Rock

Steep thyself in a bowl of summertime.- Virgil, Minor Poems Over the spring, as I puttered away at my pottery, I dreamt of a bowl. A big bowl that could hold a big salad for a dinner party of four. Or, curly pasta noodles slathered in butter and salt for cozy nights in with my partner. A big bowl ...

A three fotted potter mug in dark clay with texture of natural elements (flowers and topography)

Pottery: Funky Three-Footed Animal Mugs

I'm back to slab building in my pottery practice and in the process developed these funky three-footed mugs! They are the first mugs I've made that I feel OK if they outlive me 😜 Flower Mug This past spring, I took a pottery class with Connie Pike, a professional potter from Alberta, who ...