There were seven of my jugbirds in that firing of all the plates. As Don Hutchinson and I chatted at the opening of 'Two for Joy' I asked him how he could be giving up making pottery after all these years. But after a career teaching at Langara and then continuing as a partner in Bob Kingsmill's pottery shop for another decade after that,…
I spent much of today emptying a very full bisque kiln-load and applying liquid wax to the base of all the pieces. There are twenty or more slab plates which were painted by the Vancouver 'raiders' and some of my jug birds. I also sieved my bucket of 'Deb's Clear' cone 04 glaze so that tomorrow I can quickly get all the glazing done and get…
On Saturday December 20th Alan and Eliza came out to Abbotsford with me for the excitement of opening the latest salt kiln firing. Alan took lots of candid shots of our work and reactions so I'll just add an album below. We had lots of good ideas to share and inspiration for the next firing. There's also a link to a new Picasa album of…
One morning, a week before Christmas, found Dave Dobie, Ted Driediger and me, and later Jake Stelpstra, loading the salt kiln out at Herman Venema's country studio near Abbotsford. As Herman had no pots ready for this firing I invited Eliza Wang to participate. She had some pots that could use a little more melting in a salty environment and three of her potpourri pots which…
It's been a month since I last wrote a blog. The day after TriCity Potters' November meeting Alan and I left for Cuba. We joined a ten-day Art Tour sponsored by UBC's Museum of Anthropology which took us to Havana, and rural towns to get a feel for the country and to see museums, the Art School and to meet artists who mainly work in the Afro-Cuban tradition.…