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. my flock Renée left two small triangular…
When we returned from our week-long stay in cabins at Rathtrevor Beach I had a kiln load of bisqued pots to glaze. There were some pieces made by visiting family members but mainly some plates and jugbirds that I'd made in July. I'm working slowly on these hot, smoky days but finally I took the pots out of the kiln last week. There are fun…
Some months ago Jonathon invited me to make a couple of special, big jugbirds for a show in the Summer. Only fellow participants in a January soda firing saw what I made but now that the show has opened I can post photos of them. Axis of Art - Women In Clay This is the first installment of a new series of exhibitions celebrating excellence…
This has been rather a special week for me, with events almost every day, and hardly any work in my studio! Briefly, we entertained my Berlin nephew Christopher and his wife and two children for a Port Moody day on Monday. They're spending a packed three weeks driving all around BC. I have no idea if they'll ever see the experimental pottery creations they made…
A few months ago I had a phone-call from Jonathon's Gallery, asking me if I'd like to make more of my carved, lidded egg boxes for a special show in July. "Could they be Rainbow colours, and how about Trans colours too?" I can do that, so I threw closed egg shapes, with a spare just in case, and promised to keep them secret until…