Let me tell you that it is not easy to do this everyday but I am determined to have a blog a day. Actually it is interesting who reads it. I had a call from Mary Fox in Ladysmith today as a direct result of my blogging. Mary is an amazing ceramic artist who we have been showing for over ten years. I first saw Mary's work in Toronto at Gallery 611 (or 621 or something like that). Anyway it was a great gallery and carried some wonderful work. Unfortunately like many galleries it is no longer with us. They worked hard to promote ceramic art in Toronto and if it hadn't been for them I may never have seen Mary's work. That would have been a loss. I can still remember her exhibition as if it was yesterday. Tall and squat bottles in a deep blue with a wonderful crawl glaze, they were as joy (and are a joy!) to behold. We have a large selection of Mary's work on hand and have had the pleasure of Mary's company a number of times both here and at her awesome home and studio in Ladysmith. If you are ever on Vancouver Island visit her (and her little dog too!)
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This is an example of one of Mary's rare and unique chalices with stone base.
This particularone is currently in Ladysmith. Mary's Chalice's are only available here
and in her studio. There are fewer than 25 of this particular Fox sculpture and
each is as unique a a fingerprint. |
My publisher Ron was in today and we were reviewing our plans for the book on Joanne Copp "Elegance" and the book on Ruth Gowdy-McKinley "An Exuberant Toast". Ron has some great ideas on how the books will look. I am particularly excited about Ruth's book as it appears that the first 200 copies will have tipped in images on a wonderful stock. This premium edition will be beautiful. There will also be another edition - same content different stock and without the tipped in images. He is very keen on promoting Canadian contemporary ceramics and I am fortunate to have a publisher as excited about promoting Canadian ceramics as I am.
Brian has been avidly devouring all the source material that we currently have on Ruth and earlier today uploaded some new images to Face book. Within an hour he was contacted by a ceramic artist in Ottawa who credits their interest in clay totally to Ruth. It never ceases to amaze me how wide a net she cast in capturing peoples attention. When it came to ceramics she was considered the doyenne. She loved clay and loved function and she was incredible. Stay tuned for more!
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