One week ago four Raiders were here for the day and, unbelievably, I emptied the kiln this afternoon to see all the finished plates. I had work by Philippe and Mina left from an earlier 'Raid' so I decided to just fill the kiln for the bisque and glaze firings and not make them wait for any of my work to be finished. …
After a rather long gap, due mainly to my having a lingering viral throat something-or-other, we finally had three 'Raiders' here on Thursday. It was so good to spend the day catching up with artist friends. Mina Totino had three square plates to work on, Philippe Raphanel requested some large platters and new guest, Mina's friend Michelle Normoyle chose to paint some oval plates and…
My recent glaze firing was small because I wanted to have sample tiles of some underglazes ready for the next 'Raid' of painters who were here the other day. But for those folks who said they would like to see some of my recent plates after glaze firing, here you are! I painted a square plate with geometric shapes based on those I'd applied to…
March 1st and it was time to make a quick trip in to Vancouver. First I took the last seven plates and platters out of the kiln and Al took his usual excellent photos. I dropped him off at his exercise class with the plan that he'd check out our new local sky train to get home. It turned out to necessitate lots of walking..…
Final selections have been made and the five donated coupe/plates have been installed in the Luxe Hall at Vancouver's Western Front. The Gala evening and auction takes place on Saturday, and I think is sold out, but this year a preview has been arranged for us ordinary mortals to view the collection of donated art. Tomorrow, Thursday and Friday…