March 1st and it was time to make a quick trip in to Vancouver. First I took the last seven plates and platters out of the kiln and Al took his usual excellent photos. I dropped him off at his exercise class with the plan that he'd check out our new local sky train to get home. It turned out to necessitate lots of walking..…
Final selections have been made and the five donated coupe/plates have been installed in the Luxe Hall at Vancouver's Western Front. The Gala evening and auction takes place on Saturday, and I think is sold out, but this year a preview has been arranged for us ordinary mortals to view the collection of donated art. Tomorrow, Thursday and Friday…
In the middle of February four more Raiders came out here. We were getting short of time to paint and fire a group of coupes/plates for the annual donation to the Western Front Gala Auction (which takes place this coming Saturday). Mina Totino, Philippe Raphanel, Cindy Richmond and Marlene Madison were available for the effort this year. We haven't seen Philippe Raphanel for some months…
On a wintry day at the end of January intrepid Rick Ross brought his old friend Eric out here for the day. Just the three of us painted plates so I felt comfortable working alongside them. Normally I'm a bit shy to paint - potting with others watching is OK but painting requires concentration. Those pieces were finally fired when I filled the kiln with last…
Getting the most recent work fired has been quite a challenge lately, simply because of negotiating the slippery snow-covered path down to the kiln shed. But there weren't too many pieces so I never had to be out there very long. When Mina came out here last Monday she brought a couple of pots she'd made by hand, in her Vancouver studio, as…