I have been using wetted paper as a stencil between layers of coloured slips. The design can be an intricate image, or merely torn strips as Raider Pierre Coupey has done. I decided to cut random angles in the sides of my strips of newsprint and then experiment with two or three possibilities for the overlaid slip. Porcelain slip on an earlier plate was pleasing.…
This is my last chance to take a look at my new bird friends before I wrap them and nestle them into a padded box for their long flight to England. Some of these are brand new designs so I'm glad to have a photographic record. That way I don't have to re-think which colours go where to give my best interpretation of a particular…
This time next week I'll be in London, preparing to take myself off to Cambridge on Saturday. That little expedition has been my impetus for work for the last few weeks. I told the Raiders that I needed to concentrate on getting a big batch of jugbirds completed before making any more slab plates for them to paint. Just this week I unloaded the glaze…
Well, perhaps not gems but it's nice alliteration! Certainly the contents of the top shelf of my recently opened glaze firing are jolly. I have already posted pics of all the Raiders' plates that were on shelves below so now I'll show some of my work. I have neglected the jugbirds lately, probably because of the excitement of 'The Raiders' show on Bowen Island and…
Please join us for the opening ofThe Raiders August 17th – 12:00 to 4:00 PMCurated by Kate Bellringer, The Raiders features works by:Eric Metcalfe, Eli Bornowsky, Allyson Clay, Colette Urban, Monique Fouquet, Paul Mathieu, Renée Van Halm, Katie Lyle, Marian Penner Bancroft, Greg Bellerby, Elizabeth McIntosh, Rick Ross, Lyse Lemieux, Ciara Phillips, Marlene Madison, Garry Neill Kennedy , Cathy Busby , Philippe Raphanel, Pierre Coupey,…