My recent glaze firing was small because I wanted to have sample tiles of some underglazes ready for the next 'Raid' of painters who were here the other day. But for those folks who said they would like to see some of my recent plates after glaze firing, here you are! I painted a square plate with geometric shapes based on those I'd applied to…
Here we are almost at the end of April so it's time to do a catch-up blog. I've just been poddling along, painting the odd plate and some jugbirds and more importantly researching glaze recipes for cone 04 white clays. It's been a record-setting rainy month so we grab the chance to do some gardening or I load a kiln when the sun comes out. Happily Easter Day…
After all the excitement of the Clay Symposium at Shadbolt Centre last month I've found that things have been quiet in the ceramics community lately. I'll post photos of what I've been up to later. But I did go to the BC Potters Guild AGM on Monday March 20th at the Gallery of BC Ceramics and was happy to meet Ying-Yueh's friend Juliane Shibata who teaches at Carleton…
The opening of TriCity Potters' show 'A Celebration in Clay' was last Thursday evening, in Port Moody Arts Centre. We are celebrating our first ten years with five pieces from each participating member. There was no theme, we were simply asked to submit our selected best. To give the show some cohesion it was decided that we would also acknowledge the local area's natural…
Mina Totino really likes the square plates I make for her. They're simply a clay slab slumped into an old electric frying pan, with the edges tidied up when the clay is firmer. Thinking that if others, and I, would like to paint some more I decided to make a clay mould and simplify the job. So now I have a bisque-fired form and can slump…