A perfect day to be in the studio – rainy but not cold. Once again Eric Metcalfe arranged for a group to come out to Port Moody to paint plates. Monique Fouquet was the driver for Eric and Paul Mathieu.

Plates requested were a yellow and a grey for Eric, two white for Monique and two larger white platters for Paul so I made them before the weekend with F100 white clay this time and applied yellow and grey slip and for the white ones a coating of porcelain slip.

As usual they painted with commercial underglazes. Next time I must have some leather hard plates ready so that they can have a go with slips.

Meanwhile I got my work terra sigged and got on with painting two jug birds that were waiting for me. So now I’ll be able to load and fill a bisque kiln very soon. These photos show the three people concentrating on their work. The plates look quite pale but just watch to see how bright they’ll all be after the glaze firing!

Thanks for trooping out to the ‘burbs Eric, Monique and Paul, for lovely quiche for lunch and companionship in my studio. I’ll do my best to get your work fired nicely.