After I'd removed my jugbirds and two bird plates, and the plates that had been bisqued again, there were only eight finished Raiders' plates. Eric, Mina, Michelle, Tamara, Kate and Pierre, here are some of yours. Cindy, Philippe and Marlene, yours are in the second glaze firing now, along with more by the others. Kate has two little triangular dishes to admire. …
After the last gathering of 'Raiders' (Vancouver artists) here in my studio on August 22nd I could see that their painted plates would fill my kiln for the glaze firing at least twice. Some pieces needed to be bisque-fired one more time to burn off wax applied to resist underglaze so that took up some room. But my top priority for the first firing…
What better way for artists to spend a birthday than to get together for a day of painting? Last Wednesday was Eric Metcalfe's birthday and Pierre Coupey's was three days earlier. Alan's was in early August so there were two vast cakes for tea-time! The other Raiders this time were Mina Totino, Philippe Raphanel, Kate Metten, Michelle Normoyle, Cindy Richmond, Tamara Mills and Marlene Madison.…
I fired my kiln with a small load recently as I wanted to have all the work from the most recent 'Raid' fired before the group is here again this week. It also gave me a chance to do further tests of the new Mayco commercial glaze on my own red earthenware work. Just one of Pierre Coupey's large round platters didn't make it into…
A couple of weeks ago Alan and I took a short trip up the Sunshine Coast on his birthday to spend two nights at West Coast Wilderness Lodge, near Egmont. I intend to assemble my best photos of that and the exciting zodiac ride up Jervis Inlet to Princess Louisa Inlet but for now I'd like to focus on art and artists we found on…