It's been a while since the Raiders were here but we finally coordinated last Friday to get together. I managed to make enough plates for the group after I got back from England so we organized a Christmas Raid. Six artists made their way out to Port Moody. Eric, Mina, Renée, Monique and Rebecca drove out and first-time visitor Philippe Raphanel took the skytrain to Lougheed…
On Wednesday the train gang opened the huge train kiln at Shadbolt Centre. By the time I got there at 1pm all the pots had been arranged on three large ware carts according to whether the work was front, middle or back in the kiln. There was a fine warm colour to all the work and happy faces on the workshop participants. …
The other two artists who had plates in my recent firing were Marlene Madison and Mina Totino. Renee van Halm was here too, working hard all day but in the end decided to leave her pieces to be finished on her next visit. Marlene finished a fairly large platter with oak leaves that she'd started on an earlier visit and…
Most of my most recent firing contained plates and platters painted by the 'Raiders'. These blogs showing each of the underglaze painted plates is our way of keeping a record of the work done here. So in the first of two posts today I'll show the work of Eric Metcalfe, Elizabeth McIntosh and Monique Fouquet. Eric almost always chooses his traditional…
What a busy week Tony Clennell has had since arriving here in BC a week ago today! After horrendous flight delays from Ontario he stayed in Vancouver, at Fredi's, the first night. Then he spent Tuesday at Shadbolt Centre preparing for the Wednesday start-up of his Wood-firing workshop, and wound up chez McMillans that night. We've hardly seen him since except for the odd meal…