Recently Cariboo Potters Guild member Leslie Lloyd sent me some photos of the finished work from my workshop in Williams Lake last May. It's always fun to see how the pieces turned out, how bright the slips are and if the glaze behaved properly. Thanks so much Leslie for being an efficient 'tech' for your group and for taking photos. I…
It's been several weeks since I posted a new blog and now there are some items I want to mention. The speaker for the October meeting of TriCity Potters was Port Moody Arts Centre's Dan Severance. I think he spends every spare minute of his days, when he's not at his regular job in a printshop, working in the clay department. He is the go-to…
My latest glaze firing was emptied yesterday so the recent 'raiders' and tile-painters can finally see how their work turned out. Alan took photos this afternoon so I shall enjoy posting a blog about my newest exotic jug birds, and another to show the painted oval plates. But first here is a photo of the finished tiles painted by the small group of TriCity Potters…
There were tiles left over from the recent tile-painting workshop for TriCity Potters so I suggested some of them might like to drop by and paint some more. I told them that I would be busy getting my recently completed jugbirds painted while they worked. So six capable potter friends arrived at 11am, with casual lunch offerings too! and we had a delightful time of quiet productivity…
For some time now my fellow potters have been suggesting that they'd like to have a tile-painting session with me. The problem is that a workshop involves transporting lots of tiles, slips and other equipment to our meeting venue. So, at the June meeting I invited any interested members to join me on a summer week-day for an afternoon of playing with slips, right here,…