The tight schedule for the last week seems to have paid off. A week ago I spent the day frantically applying terra sigillata to the bases of all my pots. With the plates painted by those artists on the previous Thursday there were 43 pieces to cook. On Monday I had my flu shot and then spent all afternoon unloading warm pots, waxing, glazing and…
The clocks went back last night, the sun is shining today, the Fall colours are perfect, the salmon are spawning in Noon's Creek and my bisque kiln turned itself off a couple of hours ago. It's been a busy week as I endeavoured to get all my jugbirds and other pots painted and, yesterday, terra sigged. The last few were fast-dried in my convection oven…
I need to get these 15 jugbirds painted by Friday! They are intended for 'Crackerjack' the following weekend. Five will be Red Cardinals and the others will be Flickers, Woodpeckers, an Eagle, Chickadee etc. After that I'll take all I have to Circle Craft and Gallery of BC Ceramics. How on earth did I wind up making pots that take days to complete?!
Celia Pickles has invited me to participate in her 'Crackerjack' Crafts Sale Event, to be held at 'The Music Box' in West Vancouver. So that is my current goal. She wants a group of jugbirds to be delivered to the venue on Friday November 11th. The Artists' Reception will be that evening and the show will be open for the following two days. I see…
Keith and Celia Rice-Jones of 'Wild Rice' studio were presenters at Wednesday's meeting of TriCity Potters. They gave us a power point presentation telling some of the story of their journey in clay. Members were fascinated to see how the studio and kiln were built on their New Westminster property and how two people whose work is very different work side by side. They use…