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…
It was good to settle back into the routine of 'Raids' again yesterday. Eric, Renée and Monique rolled up shortly after 10am, loaded with lunch and their supplies for working. After such a long gap between these painting visits I had accumulated plenty of platters and plates for them. Renée had an ambitious plan for the day, hoping to roll out more slabs…
The latest plates are now out of the kiln and photographed. The glaze has behaved itself and the latest four Raiders can now see how their designs worked out. I think they should be pleased. Eric's two plates are a continuation of his design explorations but the palette remains the same. He is interested in balancing the…
On the first day of August Eric Metcalfe, Renée Van Halm and first-time Raider, Pierre Coupey showed up for a day of plate-painting. As I glazed their work today, I realized that was over two weeks ago. In the meantime Al and I spent an eventful nine days over on Vancouver Island. It was good to have two seasoned plate painters here on Pierre's…