After I let the last batch of jugbirds fly off to Victoria I decided not to succumb to the usual pressure of trying to fill the kiln again. My days of scrambling to produce work for Christmas Craft fairs seem to be over. My time-consuming pieces can find homes at any time of the year. But I had arranged for a young friend to bring…
I had to do two glaze firings recently to accommodate all my recent work and the plates, tiles and leaves of my friends. The 'Port Painters' had painted plates and tiles, Maria brought a super fish later and then Eliza asked if I would glaze fire her new low-fire experiments with my clear glaze. Judith Atkinson experimented with a small coupe plate and then drew…
Today's photography session didn't take long as there were only ten new jugbirds and two 'Raider' plates. Most of the birds have been made before but I like to post the photos so that I can keep a record of what I made and when. Thanks Alan. I had two new oval plate forms in the bisque…
Once again some Vancouver artists drove out to Port Moody to spend a day painting plates. Yesterday's 'Raiders' were Eric Metcalfe, Mina Totino and first-time-visitor Elizabeth Zvonar. All three jumped right in to work, Eric carefully drawing and then painting two more plates in his new series of 'Dazzle' images, Mina painting right away on three of the rimless coupe plates and later, a larger oval…
After throwing four earthenware plates with my usual red D'arcy clay and getting them trimmed I was happy to clean out my wheel and start work with grey stoneware. I did have fun painting the plates with my coloured slips because there were no restrictions on what I did to decorate them. It's been quite a while since I applied bands of colour and brushstrokes…