A special thanks to everyone who came to this years Holiday Sale ! As always it was wonderful to see old friends and new and share our stories. The raffle this year raised $75 for the Red Cross African Drought Appeal and Hughes & Co doubled that amount so we could donate $150.

http://www.redcross.ca/donate/information-for-donors/use-of-appeal-funds/africa-drought-appeal

I hope you have a ‘Joyous Christmas’ and a healthy happy 2018

Very best wishes

Christine

Vessel:- a container (such as a cask, bottle, cup or bowl ) for holding something.

Give this a a gift and include a small token or note…. making the something it’s holding even more precious!

Willow trays and trivets in beautiful natural rich shades; such a joy to make !

Primitive earthenware bowls in medium and large available at the Holiday Sale !

https://www.instagram.com/hughesand.co/

                                                                                    (More Pit-Fired Treasure )

A huge thank you to everyone who came to’ Art in the Garden’ this weekend. As always it was an amazing, vibrant community event and so much fun to talk and laugh with so many wonderful people.

This email is also a reminder that I am one of the eighteen featured artists at the ‘Mid Main Art Fair’ on Sunday June 11th at the Heritage Hall on Main Street in Vancouver. This is a one day event from 11am – 6pm

It would be great if you could drop by and view my work and that of my fellow artists.

More information, and a list of the featured artists, is in the events section of my webpage.

Plus I will be also posting an invite on Instagram where you can see more details.

https://www.instagram.com/hughesand.co/

Once again thank you for all your support.

Best Wishes,

Christine

Which comes first …. the vessel or the foliage ? This time it was a combination of both …I collected these majestic bulrushes last year on my way to Hornby Island  ( a wet swampy experience ) dried them and tied a bundle with twine. They looked amazing just as a bundle propped up in a corner. Then last fall I started working with a black clay and a mottle glaze which I applied very thick so it made the clay pit and bubble in the firing and I remembered the bulrushes left behind on Hornby waiting….

The rest just fell into place….. The bulrushes were so imposing it had to be a very simplistic vase, but quite tall and I tried to follow the line of the black bulbs at the tops. The oxidized copper wire, tag, and swallow are just an afterthought !

Pit- Firing is a primitive way of firing ceramic without glaze it is the relationship between form and smoke …it’s speaks to a simple, intuitive way of ceramic making that almost makes glazes seem contrived ‘when we glaze we cover our forms with glass’ and hide the pure nature of the clay.

It’s like putting the clay back into the earth and then using vegetation to fire it. After this you discover the most amazing almost archaic pots that you really have had no control over; and you can have no expectations about.

As I unearthed them I felt like I was on an archaeological dig. Even the broken ones became precious relics as I patched them with oxidized copper. !

It has really exciting these last few months experimenting with different clay and glazes and now I’m  counting the hours until tomorrow !

‘Journee’ January 10th-29

Please join me for  the Opening Reception of my upcoming joint exhibition with Marney-Rose Edge

Opening Reception:-  Tuesday January 10th  6-8pm .

Meet the artist:-          Saturday January 14th 2-3pm

Ferry Building 1414 Argyle Ave

West Vancouver