That's odd. The last Raid I hosted was on February 17th 2025. No wonder so many of the underglaze jar-lids were stuck on solidly! Renée, Karen, Monique and Cathy brought along rubber gloves and lid-opening gizmos to help out, when they came to paint plates once again on Monday. Raiders concentrating on their work creative mess This is the first time I've invited others to…
#555 was probably the last firing of my electric kiln in its custom-built shed. The kiln and shed were built for me in 1999 when I left my three-year residency at Port Moody Arts Centre (now PoMoArts). I have yet to discover the fate of my good kiln, but I'm sure it will give many more good firings. It was rather odd not to have…
I decided that there was time to invite my Raiding friends here for one more day of plate painting. They could use up bisque-fired plates left in my cupboard. I made a fresh one for Renée who wanted to work with a leather-hard plate with slips, for a change. Unfortunately she had a cold on our Raid day last Thursday so my guests were Monique…
The latest Raid plates are now clear-glazed and fired. I think my guests will be pleased with the final results. For each artist there's a story behind the choices of colours and shapes, with just a few recognizable images. I do enjoy offering them the chance to play with underglazes on plates and hope that we can continue to do this next year. fresh from…
Four artists drove out from Vancouver this morning for our first Raid in quite a while. We were Renée van Halm, Monique Fouquet, Karen Henry and Cathy Busby. Sadly Eric isn't steady enough these days to make the trip out. We missed him, and I'm putting this blog together quite quickly so that Karen can show him photos of our work day. He started this…