Eric and Marlene like to stick with rimmed plates, whereas the others prefer rimless, perhaps because they are less 'domestic' and more like a canvas. Eric is continuing with his current series, using a limited selection of strong opaque colours, with straight lines and angles and unexpected curves. On one he has introduced yellow, in equal…
I opened the glaze kiln this morning and am happy with the results. There are sixteen new plates, one re-fire (a little speck of kiln wash had fallen on one last time) and just one piece of mine. The next firing will be a new group of my jugbirds. Alan has, as usual, taken good photos in our booth so I'll post them in three…
There were enough plates for yesterday's 'Raiders' but only just! My visiting artists were Eric, Mina, Monique, Renée, Cindy and Marlene. As usual the group settled down to work and in no time were concentrating on their latest ideas, all so different from each other. I have a few photos of them working but will wait until the plates are all fired twice before I post photos of…
Here are the finished plates from July's Raid. I'll just put initials under each image to identify who painted which plate. The photos get separated from text in spite of my efforts to keep them related. Eric painted one plate in his usual very distinct method. It's so difficult to see how many layers of underglaze have been applied until after the glaze firing, and…
Two weeks ago Alan and I were 'raided' again. Our Vancouver artist visitors were Eric Metcalfe, Jacquie Ross, Mina Totino, Marlene Madison and first-time-raider Cindy Richmond. After having had six TriCity Potters here just a few days before I only just had enough plates prepared for the next five painters. Mina had asked for another large platter and at least one square dish,…