The remaining space in my kiln was filled with the jugbirds I managed to get finished in February. I've already posted a photo of a new Rooster when he was leather hard and freshly painted with underglaze and terra sigillata. Now I was looking forward to seeing how he'd look after the glaze firing. I'm pleased with his comb and wattle and glaring eyes!…
On the morning after we returned from an eventful holiday on Vancouver Island I happily unloaded the latest glaze firing. For once the kiln contained only my work! Now most of these new jugbirds have been delivered to Granville Island, to Circle Craft Co-op where I had NONE left, and to the Gallery of BC Ceramics. I'll post…
My day ended better than it started. On a wet wet wet day I gloomily looked at my clay and wondered what to make first, and procrastinated! I started on some more regular earthenware jugbird bodies and that's a good thing - because a late afternoon email from Melissa at the Gallery of BC Ceramics arrived. As I mentioned in yesterday's blog I was dying…
My local galleries have been neglected lately so I'm pleased to have fired another group of jugbirds in with all the plates painted by my 'Raiders'. Most of the birds will be delivered to the Gallery of BC Ceramics and to Circle Craft Co-op this week and I'll drop off the plates at Eric's home in the Western Front. But taking the time to go in to town is…
When I got back from England, having delivered seven jugbirds to Primavera, I found that YVR Crafthouse, Circle Craft and the Gallery of BC Ceramics were all asking for more birds right away. It's really nice to be needed, and I seem never to learn to make lots ahead of time, but here was work to be done, now! Luckily Alan was busy getting a…