PLEASE ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF,

I’M A MAN OF CLAY AND GLAZE

PUSHED MUD AROUND FOR SEVENTY YEARS

OR TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DAYS.

Robin Hopper is a man of many parts, mostly worn out, rusty or dysfunctional, due to a lifetime of excesses! He started working with clay at the age of three and is still doing it over 70 years later. His lengthy, peripatetic career as a mudpusher has included side trips into working as a Professional Actor, Stage Designer, Property Maker, Stage Manager, Stage Carpenter, Grocer, Greengrocer, Jazz Musician, Teapot, Wine and Beer-Bottle, Trumpet, Trombone and Bugle Player, European Travel Guide, Founder of Several Clay/Art/Craft Organizations, Alchemist, Geologist, Primatologist, Linguist, Ornithologist, Botanist, Ceramic Historian, Educator, Author, Garden Designer, Lecturer on Japanese Garden Design, Laborer and Star of Stage, Screen and Potter’s Wheel!

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED



SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED BECAUSE OF SNOW TODAY.  WE INTERRUPT THE DISCUSSION ON CERAMIC EDUCATION TO BRING YOU IMAGES OF BEAUTY FROM THE GARDEN UNDER SNOW. UNLIKE MOST OF CANADA, SNOW IS A RARITY ON SOUTHERN VANCOUVER ISLAND AS WE HAVE A MARITIME MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE, SIMILAR TO THE SOUTH OF FRANCE. IT IS USUALLY GONE IN A FEW DAYS.  IN COUNTRY AREAS IT MAINTAINS ITS PRISTINE WHITENESS, UNLIKE THE SMELLY, BROWN AND YELLOW VERSIONS THAT PERMEATE URBAN AREAS. SNOW HERE IS VERY DANGEROUS FOR DRIVING IN, AS IT NEVER GETS COLD ENOUGH TO PACK DOWN ON THE ROAD. IT IS MORE LIKE A SHEET OF GREASE AND YOU HAVE ALMOST NO TRACTION. BEST THING TO DO IS STAY HOME!


THE SILENCE IN THESE IMAGES OF OUR INNER MEDITATION GARDEN IS LIKE THAT OF THE SILENCE FOUND IN MEDITATION ITSELF. THIS IS PART OF OUR 2.5 ACRE GARDEN THAT INCLUDES MY INTERPRETATION OF THE FIVE BASIC FORMATS OF JAPANESE GARDEN. IT IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE A JAPANESE GARDEN. WE CALL THIS ORIGINAL STYLE ANGLOJAPANADIAN.
 

WINTER SCENE GLAZE PAINTING ON PORCELAIN CANVAS SUBSTRATE

 
PORCELAIN SLAB/THROWN BOTTLE




WINTER LANDSCAPE SERIES  1978



















 
IRON KOI GATE TO MEDITATION GARDEN BY ARTIST:  BEVERLEY PETOW

WOOD LANTERNS BY ARTIST:  DAVID SEAGER

EAT YOUR HEART OUT DR. T. MLSD, MFA, ET AL


THE SNOW IS ALREADY MELTING!  BACK TO REGULAR EDUCATION COLUMN TOMORROW.



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  1. gzJanuary 18, 2012 at 5:56 AM

    The snow is beautiful, but can be dangerous.

    It gives a hushed and crunchy quietness, good for calming and thinking .

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  2. Clay WitchJanuary 18, 2012 at 3:15 PM

    You have more snow than Ontario has...At least my area Southwestern

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  3. DarleneJanuary 20, 2012 at 7:10 PM

    Lovely - thank you :)

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