It's almost the end of June and a month since we had family visitors here in the Lower Mainland. It was a busy time and I was happy to postpone some of my everyday activities like making plates, firing the kiln and gardening in favour of spending time with folks who made the effort to travel from afar to see us. So, unlike my usual…
The most recent group of Raiders have had to wait quite a while to see the results of their painting day. But, after spending time with two groups of family visitors and a couple of weeks fabricating stoneware pieces, I now have all ten of the latest plates all packed up. I think I'll post some photos of the fun things our visitors got up…
Yesterday was another of those very busy but really good days when Raiders invade my studio! I kept the number of visitors to six as that's the comfortable number to sit around my big table and that's about all the plates I had made and bisqued. Eric, Renée, Monique, Kate M, Allyson and brand-new Raider Anne Ramsden were my guests for the day. Anne…
There was another little Raid on April 8th when Eric Metcalfe brought Burrard Arts Foundation Director Kate Bellringer out to Port Moody. She wanted to spend some time discussing her plan to curate a show featuring the work of Raiders. So she was encouraged to 'doodle' on a large platter, while Eric painted another of his lunch plates and we looked at my collection of…
This morning Eric Metcalfe and Kate Bellringer came out to Port Moody for a mini-Raid. Kate is the Director of Burrard Arts Foundation (BAF) and has expressed interest in curating a first show of Raiders' work. The owners of Terminal Creek Contemporary Art Gallery, in Artisan Square on Bowen Island have given her a slot in August 2019 so Kate is anxious to get our visiting artists…