When our son Steve married Jennifer I made them a dinner set as a wedding present. They were thrown with cone 10 stoneware and I had them custom fired at Shadbolt Centre, using their glazes for a reduction firing. Over the years since then some have been dropped and Jen hinted that some more would be appreciated. I checked and found out that she was…
'Life in the Time of Covid' was Alan's suggestion as a title for my newest Pope's Hat Plate. I think it works nicely for how our days have passed since lock-down due to Covid 19 almost three months ago now. When the possibility of being told to stay at home for the forseeable future I felt fortunate in that we have a large house…
It's more than two weeks since Raiders Mina Totino, Kate Metten, Michelle Normoyle and Tamara Mills were here, and Eric Metcalfe and curator Kate Bellringer were here just after that so they've all had to wait patiently while I glaze-fired all their plates. Of course there was the exciting soda firing in the interim too. Alan took photos of all the work this weekend so…
How can it be August tomorrow? Certainly July has been very Summery, giving us a heat wave for the last little while and I hope August will be fair. But I won't mind if we get a little rain and slightly cooler days. Luckily my basement studio is a reasonable place to work if I plug in a fan. I have bisque-fired all the Raiders'…
After a number of firings I was able to take the last of the current batch of Raiders' work out of the kiln on Friday, before I left for Shadbolt Centre for the soda firing. This post features the work of Philippe Raphanel, Mina Totino and her friend Michelle Normoyle. Philippe spent much of the day applying several layers of colours…