I emptied my kiln this morning and only five of the pieces in there were mine! There have been two more raids of painters here lately as Eric Metcalfe has volunteered six new plates for auction at the Western Front. The first group, on November 25th, were Eric, Jacqui Ross, Eli Bornowsky and, for his first visit, recently-retired Charles H. Scott Gallery curator Greg Bellerby.…
Alan took photos of my most recent jugbirds when I took them out of the kiln last week. There is one brand-new design and some others have slight changes. Three were commissioned by someone from North Vancouver. She had seen that I made a Kingfisher to take to England and wondered if I had ever made a local version. I was pleased to find that…
This past week has been marvellously busy! But now, as I enjoy my five o'clock cuppa after the glaze kiln has turned itself off, I reflect once more that deadlines are great for getting work done! Here's a little rundown of the week: Last Thursday I was pleased to have painted the last five jugbirds in the current group. That's about as many as I…
The first thing we did when Al and I got off the plane at Heathrow on September 15th was take the tube to Kings Cross and then the train north to St Neots. Our hand luggage was 17 jugbirds. I had bought a cardboard box just slightly smaller than the maximum size allowed for hand luggage and packed 12 jugbirds in paper and 'small' bubble…
Tuesday was very exciting for all of us as it was the day that the glaze firing was finally cool enough to open. All in one day I unloaded, Al took the photos of the finished pieces and then I packed them up and we drove in to Vancouver. I delivered just three little vases to…