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THE MAD POTTERThe Store for all your Pottery Needs.#6 - 3071 No. 5 Road, Richmond, BC (Near Bridgeport)Tel: 604.244.3734 ~ Fax: 604.244.3757Store Hours: Tuesday to Saturday 10am to 6pmLynne Johnson: Illusion of ShadowsFeatured at the Gallery of BC Ceramics for the month of August, Lynne Johnson’sexhibition: Illusion of Shadows showcases texture and surface through wood-firedand gas reduction-fired pieces. Surfaces, form and colour combine to create theimpression of shadows on the surfaces of Johnson’s Japanese-influenced forms.Johnson’s contemplative, kohiki-inspired tableware, garden décor and lanternsevoke tranquillity, reflection and relaxation. Meditative surfaces range from thosefired without glaze and cooled in reduction to ware made from a high-iron clay body,coated in a white englobe, then covered in a clear ash glaze—a Korean techniqueJohnson learned in Japan. Depth, warmth and movement emerge as themes playedout in the subtleties of these pots.Each piece in this exhibition, due to the nature of its firing, has its own uniquecharacter.“I love exhibiting my work,” says Johnson, “An exhibition stimulates me to createnew work and push my present work further in its ongoing evolution.” Stronglyinfluenced by Japanese arts and traditions, the Japanese garden, with its magicallanterns and calming, seductive quality, is a great inspiration to Johnson in her studiopractice. Growing up on the West Coast of B.C., its natural beauty and ruggedness acontrast to the clean lines of the Japanese aesthetic, also shapes Johnson’s work.Be among the first to view Lynne Johnson’s Illusion of Shadows: the showopens Thursday, Aug. 2 with an artists’ reception at the Gallery from 6 to 8 p.m. Thisexhibition ends on Sept 3. Amber Kennedy