I was astonished to have Jonathon Bancroft-Snell phone me early last Thursday morning. He said the three boxes had arrived.. in less than a week.. and that he planned to include opening them in that day's videotape. He does this every Thursday so that his customers can see what is new each week. Ten minutes later I was ready with my coffee for a happy…
My kiln was finally cool enough to open yesterday morning and I'm pleased that all the plates and jugbirds look delicious. The loon's lid fits nicely and didn't get stuck in the firing. Now I have a couple of weeks to get eighteen pieces of my work carefully packed and mailed to Jonathon's Gallery in London, Ontario. I already have half a dozen fine soda…
It takes me about a month to make enough pots to justify firing my kiln. When I had Raiders here I could be firing more often but, even with some exciting new work to see finished, I had to keep making. Finally I actually filled the bisque kiln. This last weekend the kiln with all the work, glazed, finally cooled enough for me to see…
A few weeks ago I noticed that some of Canada's well-known potters were being challenged to post seven photos of their work for seven days, on facebook. They were asked to nominate another clay artist to join the effort each day. It wound up being a really interesting way to see a little history of each person and admire pieces we may not have seen…
Just over two weeks ago I took the train to Cambridge for the day. I had landed at Heathrow the previous afternoon for a planned twelve days in England. It seemed to be a good plan to get a box of twelve jugbirds delivered to Primavera right away, and in spite of jet lag I managed, and had a wonderful day. In an earlier blog…