On Sunday the glaze kiln was cool enough to be opened. The jugbirds I’ve been working on are now finished and I have a week to get them carefully wrapped so that I can take them to England with me. Meanwhile the ever-patient ‘Raiders’, Monique and Renée will now be able to see how their plates turned out.
Renée left two small triangular dishes for me to fire this time. I think she is painting some more in her own studio. She tells me she has been accepted for a Ceramics residency at Medalta next April. Congratulations!
Monique painted three of the coupe/lunch size plates with her subtle layers of colours. I kept them company on this last small Raid by painting an earthenware plate of the same size, with my coloured slips. I enjoyed myself.
Collectors Ric and Lynda Spratley took advantage of a sunny day to drive out to Port Moody to pick up a salty jug they had bought some time ago. They were happy to witness the kiln opening, take a look at our collection of pots and ethnographic pieces and have a cup of tea.
It is gratifying to think of where my work now lives. More than one family will be using a jug or jugbird of mine for gravy this Canadian Thanksgiving weekend. This next photo was sent to me when Thelma opened her birthday gift of a Kingfisher jugbird.
That’s a long enough blog for this evening. My next one will show you better photos of my new, mainly English, jugbirds. I have pots to pack.
Tomorrow evening Laura Wee Lay Laq will be speaking to TriCity Potters. When I get back from England I’ll be participating in the unloading of the sawdust firing workshop that she’s leading at Shadbolt later this month.
