For those who read my February 4th blog, I can now show you how the plates painted that day turned out. Philippe Raphanel's two exuberant pieces are rather different from his previous ones. He applied bold colours in a careful pattern and then asked for wax resist as he'd done before. But this time he took a less random approach, with circles of dashes and…
Five artists were here the week before last and that's about enough people to work around my table so on Friday another three Raiders arrived for a day of painting. While I had been potting and glazing during the week I managed to prepare some more plates for this group. Luckily for me, potter Robert Shiozaki teaches at Totally Ceramics and at Port Moody Arts…
There hasn't been a 'Raid' in my studio since December but I knew there were folks just waiting for me to get some more slab plates made for another painting get-together. During January I enjoyed myself throwing some off-the-hump yunomis, some three-colour pieces and half a dozen stoneware pots. The latter were triggered by Fredi Rahn's January talk to Tri-City Potters when she discussed clay,…
Last week's glaze firing took care of all the Raiders' plates and my jugbirds and yunomis. Mina's huge round red plate is rather splendid. It needed a shelf all to itself. There was an oval dish by Michelle and a tall, mould-made vase, painted with similar soft colours. Renée brought out two round dinner plates that she'd painted at home…
Yesterday I unloaded a full kiln load of painted plates, Alan took photos and I loaded the kiln again, this time with pots for bisque-firing. Some plates didn't get into the earlier firings, my jugbirds weren't finished and Renée brought two more round dinner plates that she'd painted at home. That firing ended this morning so tomorrow will be another glazing day. The finished plates…