Along with all the Raiders' plates and a couple of Rhytons I did manage to get some other work of mine glaze-fired. I'm trying to build up some stock for the Summer Solstice ArtWalk/Shuffle which takes place here in Port Moody on the evening of June 21st. Mark your calendars! This brief blog will show the eight most recent standard jug birds and there's…
Before I headed out with fellow TriCity Potters Shelley Bondheim and Gay Mitchell last Tuesday I loaded glazed plates and jugbirds into their electric firing and turned the kiln on to heat slowly. We three arrived at the Shadbolt Centre's 'Steam Plant' for 3pm and were quickly joined by nearly all of the other participants in last week's soda firing. Jay and Tony finally opened…
Yesterday turned out to be a really wonderful day. I've been working towards two firings for the last month or more so began my Friday by getting out to my kiln shed and glazing all the earthenware pieces that I'd waxed the night before. It turns out that Greenbarn's acrylic-type wax resist needs to rest overnight anyway (and even then doesn't really repel glaze like…
Where did March go? A month ago we had a horrendous snowfall and now we're right into a glorious Spring. I planned to complete the making and slip-painting of any red earthenware pots I had on hand early in the month so that I could clean out my wheel and start making pieces for the TriCity Potters' soda firing, using grey Plainsman stoneware clay. But…
Saturday was not a good day to deliver new pots to Granville Island! It was a cold but beautifully sunny day and all of Vancouver decided to check out the market and most drove there! We were lucky to find a pay parking spot. Staff at Circle Craft didn't mind my coming in then, and in fact they were pleased to be able to tell…