After returning from the Greek/Canadian Intercultural Ceramics Symposium in the fall of 1997, I felt inspired by all the fantastic ceramics and art that I’d seen in Greece, some of it thousands of years old and began making some pieces under their influence.
I must have fallen in love with the flask, which is thrown in three parts: the body as a closed form, with the neck and foot thrown separately. I also continued decorating with the octopus theme. Why, I don’t know. (Oh those hundreds of suckers!).
To show the Greek inspired work, I arranged an exhibition at The Croft Gallery in Calgary in 1998, which I called A Glimpse of Greece.
spiral flask, 1998, stoneware 51 cm h, light blue speckled glaze, ∆10.
octopus flask, 1998, terracotta, 56 cm high, octopi made with paperclay, fired to ∆02.
spiral flask, 1998, stoneware 46 cm high, ‘Mediterranean Blue’ barium glaze, ∆10
tall blue flask 1998
stoneware 50 cm h
‘Mediterranean Blue’ barium glaze ∆10
painted bird jug, 1998, terracotta, 69 cm h, brushed coloured slips, ∆02
painted bird jug, left view, 1998. A piece similar to one I made on Crete.
jar with lid, 1998, stoneware, 38 cm high, trailed labyrinthian design over speckled blue glaze, ∆10.
pedestal bowl, 1998, stoneware 28 cm h, ‘Mediterranean blue’ glaze, trailed design, ∆10.
tan bowl, 1998, stoneware, 38 cm diameter, trailed labyrinthine design, ∆10.
blue bird jug, 1998, stoneware 48 cm h, ‘Mediterranean Blue’ barium glaze, ∆10.
small orange bird jug, 1998, stoneware 32 cm h, shino glaze, ∆10.
speckled blue bird jug, 1998
stoneware 38 cm h
speckled blue glaze ∆10
pinched vase, 1998, stoneware, 27 cm high, speckled blue glaze, ∆10.
double pinched vase, 1998, stoneware, 26 cm high, shino glaze, ∆10.
3 blue amphora, 1998, stoneware to 36 cm h, ‘Mediterranean blue’ barium blue glaze, ∆10.
large octopus amphora, 1998, terracotta, 62 cm h, painted oxide design, ∆02.
tall bird jug, right side,1998, earthenware, 72 cm high, unglazed, oxide stain octopus design, ∆02.
