It's been a busy few days with glorious sunshine and several pottery-related events to talk about, but my first priority today was to get my bisqued earthenware pieces waxed, glazed and loaded into the kiln. Said kiln is now gently warming up and as soon as I see the moisture has gone I'll turn up the rate of heating to 100 degrees F per hour,…
Today's blog includes notes on pots, the garden and a reminder to TriCity potters to bring a pot for 'Show and Tell'. Here it is half-way through June and I'm finding myself often distracted and not getting to my studio. The garden is growing apace, with glorious flowers and less-glorious weeds competing for my attention. The delphiniums are, as usual, astonishingly blue. For our…
On my way to Whistler I stopped at the home of Bette Copeland in West Vancouver to deliver the Blue-Footed Booby. She had found the Booby jugbird on my website and bought it. But she has been away for some months so she allowed me to display it in our Fantastic Feast show in the interim. I think she's quite glad he's had a life!…
Alan travelled up to Whistler last Wednesday with the Carlsons to attend the Canadian Archaeology Association's annual conference. I drove up to join him on Friday. More about Whistler soon. But on the two days of lovely Spring sunshine here I actually spent lots of time in my studio, preparing plates for another plate-painting 'raid' yesterday and assembling two largish new birds. I…
Later in the day last Monday I drove in to Vancouver, mainly to help make up numbers for a quorum for Circle Craft's AGM. First I stopped at the Gallery of BC Ceramics to leave some new pieces for them. They now have four more small salt-fired jugbirds from last December's firing and a couple of earthenware plates. Manager Laura phoned me the next day…