Vessels for Flowers @ Blacksmith Country General

Vase above by:Filipa Pimentel

May 4 – 24, 2018
Opening Reception: May 5 at 7pm

We’re celebrating the beauty of Spring (right in time for Mother’s Day) with a special showcase of our favourite Canadian ceramic artists.

Vessels For Flowers will feature the work of 12 artists working in clay, making and designing vessels to display nature’s beauty. This broad range of clay vessels will show the very best that this medium can offer. From highly decorated narratives, to quiet focus on form,  the variety of work is incredible.

Invited artists include:
Annemarie Row, Bruce Cochrane, Carole Epp, Cathi Jefferson, Emma Smith, Filipa Pimentel, Jennifer Drysdale, Kate Hyde, Michelle Mendlowitz, Sarah Pike, Thomas Aitken, Tony Clennell

Local floral artist Jessica Payne of A Fine Medley will be making arrangements to accompany the flower vessels for the opening event – be sure to make it to the opening to experience this wonderful marriage of clay and florals.

Find the full details at www.blacksmithcountrygeneral.com

Works will be available in our online shop starting May 6.

Bruce Cochrane

Thomas Aitken and Kate Hyde       Emma Smith

Upcoming at the Gardiner Museum:

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Thomas Aitken, Scott Barnim, Robin Hopper, Roger Kerslake
 
Panel Discussion: Connections: Canadian and British Studio Ceramics

Thursday June 7, 2012 6:30 – 8 pm

Senior Curator Rachel Gotlieb moderates a panel discussion with acclaimed Canadian studio potters Thomas Aitken, Scott Barnim, Robin Hopper and Roger Kerslake as they discuss their ties to the British studio pottery movement. Their work is on display in the focus exhibition Connections: Canadian and British Studio Ceramics.

SPONSORED BY: DR. LORNA MARSDEN

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Thomas Aitken and Kate Hyde – Free public lecture

Thomas Aitken, Cream & Sugar, clay/ glaze 13cm(H) x 17cm(W) x23 cm(L), 2010

Thomas Aitken & Kate Hyde, Mugs, clay/underglaze/glaze, 13 cm,2010

Wednesday, March 9, at 7:00 pm
Room 245 North Building of ECUAD
1399 Johnston Street, Granville Island, Vancouver.
All are welcome and encouraged to attend.

Thomas Aitken and Kate Hyde will discuss aspects of their individual and collaborative ceramics practice, the challenges of making one’s living as a studio potter, objects that have influenced them and meanings special objects have in their lives.

The lecture is free and open to the public. We look forward to seeing you there.

For more on Thomas and Kate’s work, please see the North-West Ceramics Foundation Speakers Series at http://www.nwcf.ca/lecture_series.html or Thomas Aitken’s website at http://www.thomasaitken.com