There was just enough room in my latest glaze firing for all the plates, my latest jugbirds, some grandson artwork, bowls to be donated and TriCity Potters’ collaborations. Phew!
Yesterday’s blog showed the platters and plates made by Raiders so today I’ll show you everything else.
My island-dwelling cousin requested some seagulls to keep him company in his writer’s cabin. I hope he’ll enjoy these two fellows.
A Lower Mainlander asked me to make a North American Robin some time ago. These colours are about right.
The other two jugbirds are simply me using colours I like. As we used to recite ‘Blue and Green should never be seen, except on a Fairy Queen!’ Hah, I don’t agree.
Another project for January was to get some bowls made as my contribution to ‘Grandmothers to Grandmothers’. Local Gogos fundraiser and organizer Hannah Diamond will be at TriCity Potters’ monthly meeting on Feb 20th to collect as many bowls as we can donate. These are my six. I have some here from another potter and I gather several other members are busy fabricating and firing theirs. You still have time folks! Tickets for the Gogos fundraising dinner in Burnaby on March 6th can be obtained from:
http://grandmotherscampaign.org/event/join-burnaby-gogos-at-the-souper-bowl/?instance_id=2522
You will receive a bowl and a meal for your $35.
I posted these two photos of my bowls on Instagram and Facebook and was astonished at the enthusiastic reception they received. People do still appreciate handmade functional pots especially if they’re colourful. So I guess I should make some more and have them on hand for the upcoming ArtWalk planned for Port Moody on June 21st.
Our five-year-old grandson Caleb had a sleepover with the old folks and made some little models and painted one of my plates. I wonder what he’ll think of it ten years from now?
For fun I made some more yunomi..
The last two items are from last month’s collaborative painting evening with TriCity Potters. We were asked to bring in a bone dry or bisqued piece on which we could apply underglazes. Groups of four started on one and then it was passed to the next person. So four people have added colour to this squashed vase that I made with red clay and dipped in a background slip. And another four people worked together to decorate one of my oval lunch plates. I dipped them in cone 05 clear glaze and fired them along with all my things. Someone will be able to take these home soon.
Now I look forward to cleaning white stoneware out of my wheel and getting started on new red earthenware pieces.
