The other day Al went to Horseshoe Bay to meet up with artist Patrick Amos. Pat had made a Whaler's Moon Mask for him. It is a fine addition to our collection of North-West Coast artwork and particularly special to Alan. He's spent almost of his professional life as an archaeologist on digs in Nuu-chah-nulth territory, either in Port Alberni, Barkley Sound or off Ucluelet…
I've kept two larger jugbirds here for now. One is really Christmassy and the other is shades of turquoise. Now I must get serious about making some ordered for YVR and designing a large bird mug for a carpenter in partial payment for work here.
Some people use their jugbirds for milk and have asked me to make a sugar container to match. My recent batch of work included jugbirds, each of which has a sugarpot painted to coordinate with whatever bird it is. Alan tried out our new photo lightbox for these photos. The depth of field is good but now…
A week ago Alan and I drove South into Washington and Oregon for a few days to extend Summer a bit. We spent Friday night with our friends Jane and Ken in Portland, Oregon. He has just retired, they have a lively new dog and are now supervising an addition to their old house which is designed to make their home habitable for many years…
Alan has put together a light box for photographing my work. Using plans I brought home from Medalta we adapted the size and shape and now have an affordable and very effective apparatus. We bought 1" diameter plumbing pipe, Ts and Ls, some foamcore for a light-weight, non-combustible frame for the lights, sheer fabric for a light diffuser and the most expensive item, a special…