This evening's blog will be a photo gallery of my final pots of 2021. After I retrieved four pots from the Fraser Valley Potters' Guild holiday firing I fired the remaining teeny plates in my electric kiln.When Marianne came by my studio to pick up her now-four-times-fired Grooved Vase she found that I had finished some more of the jolly teeny plates she'd ordered for…
This November will not be a happy memory for many British Columbians. The province is barely recovering from the horrendous long-lasting rainstorm of two weeks ago and now we are into a second fearful downpour, with a third forecast for next week. Faraway friends have been in touch to make sure we’re OK and yes, we certainly are, but we’re all feeling very sad at…
Here is a chance to take a better look at the latest sixteen teeny plates (5 1/2"). I have them in groups of four, just to save space here. A Baker's Dozen will be carefully packed up tomorrow and mailed to Jonathon's. I wonder what London folks will think of my playful plates? There were also some custom Christmassy plates in this…
Where did the week go? Since opening the kiln on Monday I haven't worked on pots at all. Photographing the new work, deciding which pieces would go to Jonathon's Gallery in London, Ontario, pricing them, finding or buying boxes and bubble wrap, a whole day wrapping and then, yesterday, labelling the boxes and delivering them to our local 7-11 postal outlet, have occupied me. It…
I justified firing my semi-filled kiln by sharing it with Dorothy Doherty for the bisque firing just before our little holiday, and having Barbara Tipton use one shelf in my recent glaze firing. Barb wanted to try out my clear glaze that goes to cone 05. Nevertheless I only have ten…