Today's 'Raiders' were able to take home their plates from the last 'Raid'. I hadn't made them wait for me to fill the kiln but fired it half full so that they could be ready for today. I'll post some photos of these fine pieces before I add anything about today's fun day with yet another 'raid'. Last time Eric Metcalfe painted…
The other two artists who were here last week took home plates they'd previously painted too. Monique Fouquet had used opaque grey on both of hers, achieving very different effects. One continued a series she'd started earlier, with a smoke-enclosed form mysteriously floating by. The other is a striking arrangement of red on black surrounded by the grey rim. Super! Her work…
When the Raiders were here just over a week ago they took home their plates from the previous Raid. I'll post photos of those plates in two blogs. In this first one you'll see Eric Metcalfe's one traditional oval plate, with his signature colours painted over a sage green background. It's wonderful to see the careful drawing and then watch the considered areas…
What a fine way to spend a 75th Birthday! Last year it happened to be Eric's birthday when a 'raid' was scheduled and he decided that passing the day with like-minded artist friends was what he'd like to do again. I had opened the glaze kiln on Saturday so there was a collection of all the plates from July's raid all ready for the 'raiders' today.…
Here are some photos from last Wednesday's 'Raid'. Mina, Renée, Monique and Eric were deep in concentration, painting their plates. Again, we enjoyed our lunch out on the deck. What could be nicer? I wasn't about to start anything new before I leave on Tuesday but was happy to help Renée make a large dish/platter from a found…