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Blue-breasted Jugbird with orange bill

Crafthouse YVR

After the busy Friday evening of Shuffle in Port Moody I was pleased to relax over the weekend. Friends dropped by on both days to see my display before I cleared up the space for it to become a studio again.       But on Monday morning I packed ten good jugbirds into a wine box and trundled out to Vancouver Airport. Several weeks…

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Black-capped Lory, Red-collared Honeyeater, Yellow-billed Kingfisher & Flame Bowerbird for Alcheringa Gallery

Tight Squeeze

I like sharing the space in my kiln with all those painted plates. It means that I can fire however many of my pieces are ready without wasting electricity or waiting until I have made enough to fill the kiln. Last week I added Bill Thomson's large plate for a re-fire and then when all the packing was done I found that I had one…

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This jugbird flew away yesterday

New Jugbirds at the Airport

  The day after our TriCity Potters meeting last week I took the long-promised twelve jug birds to Vancouver Airport. As usual Alan took good photos of them so that I have a record of what each gallery has, and also to remind myself of what details I've chosen to apply to each bird design.   When I got to YVR I found that the…

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Short holiday in Mexico

We left 8 new jugbirds at Crafthouse YVR as we left for a week in Puerto Vallarta. So nice to have that done. On our return before the sun came up yesterday I was able to see how they are displayed! The week in Mexico was lovely as a break from rain, some snow and greyness here. No internet, papers or phone, just warmth, photography,…

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