After I'd removed my jugbirds and two bird plates, and the plates that had been bisqued again, there were only eight finished Raiders' plates. Eric, Mina, Michelle, Tamara, Kate and Pierre, here are some of yours. Cindy, Philippe and Marlene, yours are in the second glaze firing now, along with more by the others. Kate has two little triangular dishes to admire. …
For those who read my February 4th blog, I can now show you how the plates painted that day turned out. Philippe Raphanel's two exuberant pieces are rather different from his previous ones. He applied bold colours in a careful pattern and then asked for wax resist as he'd done before. But this time he took a less random approach, with circles of dashes and…
Yesterday I unloaded a full kiln load of painted plates, Alan took photos and I loaded the kiln again, this time with pots for bisque-firing. Some plates didn't get into the earlier firings, my jugbirds weren't finished and Renée brought two more round dinner plates that she'd painted at home. That firing ended this morning so tomorrow will be another glazing day. The finished plates…
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. …
Finally there were enough pots to fill the kiln for a bisque firing, thanks to another day of my studio being 'raided' by Vancouver painters. We had a fun day with Philippe Raphanel, Mina Totino and her first-time-here friend Jan Wade. They each painted several plates, with Philippe astonishing us with a variety of layered colours, experimental wax resist again and a final swoosh of thinned underglaze…