Just before Alan and I left for our Mexican holiday I opened my kiln. So I was able to deliver the ten jugbirds to YVR Crafthouse as we left for our flight. Helping to fill that kiln were the most recent painted plates, so here they are. The first two were painted by Katie Lyle. These are her first pieces painted on ceramics. There is…
Suddenly I'm busy, busy! It's amazing what deadlines will encourage. The airport wants their order right now and as many jugbirds as I have on hand. On Tuesday I had 10 completed but unpainted. On Wednesday the first of two 'Painting Raids' took place, when 3 of a planned 8 artists painted my oval plates for a Western Front fund-raiser in March. That evening…
When I got home from Abbotsford today Al had started to photograph yesterday's hot new pots. These are the plates painted at the latest Painting Raid. Monique Fouquet painted a platter with transparent ovals on grey. Renée van Halm painted four plates with bold versions of her collages. And Eric Metcalfe painted his designs with red and black on…