Kim Donohoe
@kimdonohoe.bsky.social
Multi-passionate artist who loves hand embroidery, pottery, painting, and more, living on Vancouver Island with my husband, three kids and seven pets. ☮️🌈🧠🌎💖 She/her kimdonohoe.ca
If you live mid- Vancouver Island and love pottery, check out our Arrowsmith Potter’s Guild Christmas Sale Saturday November 8, 10-4, at the Bradley Centre! It’s my first time offering my pottery to the public! Hope you can make it! #parksville #qualicumbeach #localgifts #handmadechristmas
I made this pottery bowl on the wheel, then hand carved the floral design on it. Sadly my drippy glaze dripped too far and covered more of the carving that I hoped for, but that’s pottery! I have my first sale coming up on Nov 8 at the Bradley Centre in Coombs! #pottery #qualicum #parksville
My bear mug is done and she’s a pretty one! I’m so happy with the result after being so challenged by the intricate carving and celadon glazing. #pottery #carvedpottery #wheelthrownpottery #madeincanada #canadianpottery #madeonvancouverisland #animalart #amacoglazes
I haven’t completed many embroideries lately, but I did this portrait of our dog Rosie recently. I hand drew the pattern, then hand stitched her in this happy sitting position in an oval frame. #embroidery #madeincanada #canadianart #petportrait #qualicumbeach #madeonvancouverisland
Picked cherries from our trees this afternoon to the sounds of crickets. Very peaceful.
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No Northern Gateway oil pipeline and No large oil tankers in BC's Great Bear Sea!
The Northern Gateway pipeline project will pose significant environmental risks, particularly regarding potential oil spills and increased greenhouse gas emissions. The pipeline would have crossed num...
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The forest fires are so terrible. The devastation to the forests, the fear and unknowing of evacuees, the dangerous work and long hours of the responders, and the smoke! On mid Vancouver Island we now have our second out of control fire in such a short order. This can’t be our new normal. #climate
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Tell the Canadian Government: Stop Funding Companies Supporting Trump’s Human Rights Abuses
GardaWorld — a Canadian-based “private security company” — has million-dollar contracts to execute Trump's racist and inhumane immigration regime, which kidnaps people, tears families apart, and denie...
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The glazing on this vase didn’t turn out as expected, and it was my first time carving on a collared in piece where I couldn’t feel the inside while carving, so it was kind of scary!! No mishaps thankfully. #pottery #canada #madeincanada #carvedpottery #canadianpottery #bcpottery
A little pottery cup I made, with a hand carved relief sleeping fox. This was a new studio grey celadon glaze. I really like the smooth, rounded, footless bottom I made (for the first time). #pottery #canadianpottery #carvedpottery #madeonvancouverisland #madeincanada #qualicumbeach
I’m so honoured and excited to have a piece of my carved pottery in this upcoming show at the McMillan Arts Centre in Parksville! Showing all summer, with a collection of local artists celebrating our local biosphere region. #pottery #mcmillanarts #parksville #qualicum #theMAC #mountarrowsmith
She worked out!! I’m so thrilled with how my rainbow bowl turned out after its clear glaze and final firing!! The underglaze is nice and vibrant and clean, and no cracks! (I can have bad luck with my bowls sometimes). This took over 10 hours to decorate. #pottery #pride #prideart #madeincanada
Work in Progress! This design was a little ambitious at the top with the small details. Hand carved on greenware clay mug thrown on the wheel. #pottery #canadianpottery #carvedpottery #madeonvancouverisland #qualicumbeach #handmade
What taxpayer money Poilievre spent last year is equal to: 1288 years of tuition. 2514 mortgage payments. Groceries for a family of 4 for 523 years. Daycare for a year for 1046 children. 118 senior couples total gross average income for a year. #cdnpoli #grifterPoilievre
“Pierre Poilievre tapped into rage—not reality.” – Matthew Green He blames “socialism” for problems rooted in unchecked capitalism. That’s why we need public media like CBC—to cut through the fury and report the facts. #SaveTheCBC #PoilievreExposed #CBCForever #CdnPoli
I thrift as much of my art supplies as I can. I just looked up this hoop that I thrifted and found it for sale on eBay for $450-550!! Love finding treasure by surprise. #antiquehoop #thriftedtreasure #embroidery #embroideryhoop #antiqueartsupplies #qualicumbeach #parksville
The treaties between First Nations and Canada were signed 30 years before Alberta was even thought of. The troll machine trying to break up our country are being treated in the media as legitimate grievance. They are not. They are malignant MAGA. substack.com/home/post/p-...
First Nations unity displayed at rally against Alberta separatism
“Our Treaties are not relics. They are not documents to be shelved and forgotten.”
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WIP! This bowl took me so long to draw out and then paint with underglazes. Pleaseeee survive the rest of the processes! 🤞 #pottery #potterywip #rainbowart #qualicum #parksville #bcpotter #madeincanada #canadianpottery
The Assembly of First Nations is joining others in calling for the repatriation of cultural and sacred items currently being held by the Hudson’s Bay Company.
First Nations orgs lobby to stop Hudson's Bay from selling artifacts
First Nations organizations are calling for the Hudson's Bay Company to stop the sale of any Indigenous items in its possession.
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There is a website for/by Albertan separatists where they have a petition goal of 600,000 of Albertans will vote yes in a referendum to leave, and are fundraising and stuff. So disrespectful. And also such bad timing.
The Breakdown AB@thebreakdownab.bsky.social · last yr.“Let us be absolutely clear: our Nations do not and will never consent to the separation of our Treaty territories. These lands were never ceded nor surrendered.” Confederation of Treaty 6 First Nation would also like a word with Danielle Smith… #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
This is a very interesting perspective of the distribution of votes in the election.
Bill Comeau 🇨🇦@bill-comeau.bsky.social · last yr.In response to the election map of #Canada showing large areas voting Conservative blue, here's a graphic from reddit entitled "Land doesn't Vote, People Do". #Liberals are red. #canpoli #cdnpoli #CanadaStrong Source: www.reddit.com/r/onguardfor... h/t @ianbremmer.com
Now that the #canadianelection is thankfully over, I wanted to share this fun image I unexpectedly captured week or so ago. The zoomed out one is the original picture with cropped ones for more detail. It so looks like a flying saucer with a stream behind it! What do you think?? #uap #ufo #canada
Poilievre voted against minimum wage hikes, childcare, dental care, and pharmacare—now he wants to defund the CBC too. This isn’t about savings. It’s about control. Vote strategically. Save the CBC. #SaveTheCBC #PoilievreExposed #CdnPoli #StopTheSlide
