It's more than two weeks since Raiders Mina Totino, Kate Metten, Michelle Normoyle and Tamara Mills were here, and Eric Metcalfe and curator Kate Bellringer were here just after that so they've all had to wait patiently while I glaze-fired all their plates. Of course there was the exciting soda firing in the interim too. Alan took photos of all the work this weekend so…
During the latter part of March I was mainly concentrating on throwing some stoneware pieces for the TriCity Potters' upcoming group soda firing but I found an afternoon to roll out some more slab plates and platters. Mina and friends were hoping for another Raid so I filled my kiln with said plates and my slowly accumulating earthenware jugbirds and some bowls for a bisque…
In spite of a little overnight snowfall five Raiders showed up in Port Moody on Wednesday. The sun was shining so the ice on the road and walkways was quickly melted. I just managed to get another group of plates bisque-fired and cool enough to take out of the kiln that morning and I didn't want to slip while carrying them from the kiln shed…
On this below-freezing day here on the West Coast it's a perfect day to finish off some stoneware pots and think about posting some photos of my recent glaze firing of earthenware. Just over a week ago just two Raiders, Mina and Michelle, joined me for a work day. As it turned out their few plates just helped me to fill my kiln for a…
Five was a good number of Raiders this time. The pool/ping-pong table seats five and me comfortably. So there are just two more artists to feature in this blog. Mina painted one of the large round plates with bold red and then other coloured shapes. It's very striking! Then she added three more of the square, electric frying-pan formed plates. She is enjoying using those…