What happened to August? It seems I last wrote a blog in late July. After that we had a fine week with the family at Rathtrevor Beach before Steve, Jen and the grand-boys left for their big move to Edmonton. Al and I spent a couple of days more with friends in Duncan before returning home. There were no ceramics-related events in August that I…
Every shelf in my latest bisque and glaze firings held plates, except for the top one. There I placed four requested Red-breasted Sapsucker Jugbirds, the 'North by North-West (NXNW)' mugs and two bowls for donation for the September NWCF fundraiser 'That Pottery Thing'. To save space here I've assembled the photos with the 'layout' app so that you can see the top and side…
A special request had me researching duck shapes again. The Harlequin Duck doesn't lend itself to being a tall jug so I opted to make him with three wheel-thrown parts, plus a teeny cone for his bill. These shapes wind up imitating the way a duck walks or swims. Then what is the best way to fill him? I decided to put a filling hole…
What did I do in May? When I carried pots down to the kiln shed for their bisque firing on the first of June I was slightly horrified to see that I hadn't fired the kiln since late April. After the excitement of the last soda firing it took me a while to get started on the next batch of earthenware work. I began by…
Here is a chance to take a better look at the latest sixteen teeny plates (5 1/2"). I have them in groups of four, just to save space here. A Baker's Dozen will be carefully packed up tomorrow and mailed to Jonathon's. I wonder what London folks will think of my playful plates? There were also some custom Christmassy plates in this…