This rainy weather has given me a chance to catch up on studio work. The twelve jugbirds ordered by Crafthouse YVR several weeks ago are now painted with slip. On Saturday I finished the bases with terra sigillata and loaded them in to the kiln for the bisque firing. I've made some more thrown plate moulds as I somehow managed to leave a couple in…
Look at what my son Steve has made for me! A skookum cheese-cutter. When I make slab plates in bisqued forms I need a nice sharp wire to cut off the excess clay at a 45 degree angle. Walter Ostrom showed us how to make plates and platters in this way when he taught the 3-week Summer course at ECIAD back in 1993. I've been…
This is our Christmas letter for 2013. Apologies if you've already read it. Our best wishes to all our friends and relatives for the holiday season and the fast-approaching new year. We hope you had a happy and healthy 2013. Here are some brief snippets of ours. Our major event, of course, was the arrival of our grandson, Caleb. I’m including a few pictures, including…
This is just a quick little blog to wish you all a happy Christmas day, wherever you are and however you celebrate it. I like to go for a walk and find pretty Wintery berries and evergreens to make a little decoration. When we were children in Shroton I remember being taken to Everley corner to pick masses of holly to take to the church…
Two weeks ago, on the day after we returned from Alan's exciting few days in Whistler I had four artists here to paint plates and I threw the bodies of four new jugbirds. At some point I inserted and shaped the spouts/bills but it wasn't until yesterday that I found time to attach handles. It's been a busy time. I thought I'd post some photos…