Where did the week go? Since opening the kiln on Monday I haven't worked on pots at all. Photographing the new work, deciding which pieces would go to Jonathon's Gallery in London, Ontario, pricing them, finding or buying boxes and bubble wrap, a whole day wrapping and then, yesterday, labelling the boxes and delivering them to our local 7-11 postal outlet, have occupied me. It…
My kiln was finally cool enough to open yesterday morning and I'm pleased that all the plates and jugbirds look delicious. The loon's lid fits nicely and didn't get stuck in the firing. Now I have a couple of weeks to get eighteen pieces of my work carefully packed and mailed to Jonathon's Gallery in London, Ontario. I already have half a dozen fine soda…
What is a pottery club to do when there's a pandemic going on? TriCity Potters usually meet in Port Moody Arts Centre one evening a month from September to June. Clearly, gathering a group of twenty or more for a presentation in a class room is a bad idea. So for at least this first meeting of the academic year I was nudged into inviting…
I justified firing my semi-filled kiln by sharing it with Dorothy Doherty for the bisque firing just before our little holiday, and having Barbara Tipton use one shelf in my recent glaze firing. Barb wanted to try out my clear glaze that goes to cone 05. Nevertheless I only have ten…
My mother used to refer to her mis-matched china cups and saucers as her 'Harlequin' set. I remembered her fondly as I contemplated the fifteen teeny snack plates I made as a special order in June. Friend Christine had read my blog about the plates I made for d-i-l Jennifer in May and asked if I would make very small ones, with similar random and…