My most recent firing was completely full and I was pleased to see that the temperature was even from top to bottom, with good clear glaze enhancing everybody's work. I'll post photos of work by Renée Van Halm and Monique Fouquet first. Renée had asked for another large round platter so that's the mainly green one. She also painted two of the new coupe plates,…
We'd planned a mini-'Raid' this week, as Renée and Monique wanted to do some plate-painting before they head out of town to their respective rural studios and I was happy to have some more work to fill my kiln. I gather another Raid will take place in early May. Eric had been working on a plate in his home at the Western Front but then…
First time Raider Jan Wade jumped right in to painting her plates, confidently covering four in no time! She decided to limit her palette to mainly black and white, having worked with lots of bright colours on the previous day. She tells me that she has often painted with found objects, particularly Thrift Store wooden bowls so she is familiar with…
Just for the record I like to post photos of work painted by my 'Raiders'. I left the most recent finished plates with Philippe at ECU the other day. He headed off to catch the bus, swinging his three new plates in a carrier bag, looking forward to studying his work once he got home. The layering of colours on his three is quite delicious.…
Finally there were enough pots to fill the kiln for a bisque firing, thanks to another day of my studio being 'raided' by Vancouver painters. We had a fun day with Philippe Raphanel, Mina Totino and her first-time-here friend Jan Wade. They each painted several plates, with Philippe astonishing us with a variety of layered colours, experimental wax resist again and a final swoosh of thinned underglaze…