Last Thursday I opened the glaze kiln so I had some new plates, jug birds and mugs for ArtWalk. And finally the plates painted by my visiting artists Eric Metcalfe, Allyson Clay, Monique Fouquet and Eli Bornowsky were finished.

Al took these photos and the artists seem pleased with the results.

I make them by slumping a slab of red earthenware clay into my wheel-thrown bisque moulds. After finishing the edges I apply background slips and leave them to become bone dry. My visitors then paint using commercial underglazes. I bisque fire and then clear-glaze them with along with my own work.

In my next blog I’ll post photos of my plates which I slip-paint, using newsprint stencils, when the pieces are leather hard.

Run the cursor over each photo to see which artist painted the plate. Or, in order down the page they are by Eli 2, Eric 2, Monique 1, Sally 3 and Monique 1. (I find it hard to control the order pics are inserted into a blog if I have more than 3 or 4 images).

It’s always so interesting to see how each person makes use of a painting surface that is not rectangular or flat!