Today
was just such a gem of a day, from the beginning right to the end.
We
drove half-way to the city, parked the car and took the sky-train for
the remainder of the journey to the centre of town and avoiding all
parking problems. Once the most important business was done we walked
down-town to where the BC Craft Market was set up for it's Summer
exhibit.
We
meet up with Lynn Sea from redpotpottery. Bought a beautiful pottery
dish with sgraffito design from Lynn and a most amazing little art
work made by her daughter. A gem. Lynn embarked on her lifelong
desire to become a potter in 1998 having been a Fine Arts teacher.
Clearly visible in all of her work.
The
other potter we meet was Junichi Tanaka, who invited us to visit his
studio and kiln. How exciting is that, he. He lives way up in the
mountains, not only because he does reduction firing, which is not
permitted near the city, but, Junichi loves mountain climbing.
Junichi Tanaka was born in Japan, studied ceramics at the University
of Montana and came to Canada setting up his studio in 1998.
Haejin
Lee studied ceramics in Seoul South Korea at the Ceramic Art Hong -Ik
University and the Kyounghee University. She works in porcelain,
focusing on tableware which is both delicate in form and practical
to use. Her glazes are subtle and no added decoration is applied.
Its light and beautiful.
Everything
is new to me here, but I am finding my way. Today was exciting
meeting Japanese and Korean potters even a South African potter was
exhibiting.
