Some people use their jugbirds for milk and have asked me to make a sugar container to match. My recent batch of work included jugbirds, each of which has a sugarpot painted to coordinate with whatever bird it is.

Alan tried out our new photo lightbox for these photos. The depth of field is good but now we must remember to turn off the ceiling fluorescent lights in the kiln shed. You can see them in some of the images. Otherwise, what do you think of the photos?

I delivered the first three jugbird and sugarpot sets to the Gallery of BC Ceramics, and some small vases.  These I did just for fun. The flattened sides are inspired by a temmoku-glazed one I own, made by Richard Batterham. I made two at Medalta last year so they’re salty. The ones from this September are decorated with slip patterns in my usual earthenware.

To Circle Craft I delivered another three jugbird and sugarpot sets, a single Flicker jugbird and two salt-glazed jugbirds from the Shadbolt Centre firing in the summer.