I managed to get the latest batch of work dried, bisqued, glazed and fired again in spite of the recent heat and opened the kiln yesterday. So I was able to let Eric Metcalfe and Monique Fouquet have their work from the last raid today when those two artists and also Mina Totino and Renee van Halm were here for another busy creative day. Eric had…
Some time ago Port Moody Arts Centre's Kelly Doyle approached me to ask if TriCity Potters would be interested in undertaking another 'challenge' for a good cause. Spoiler alert.. we have been asked to make pendants for inclusion in a 'goody bag' for attendees at the Arts Centre's upcoming fundraiser,'Ladies Night Out' in August. We've already agreed to make flower pots for Amnesty International's Fall…
Three 'raiders' were here yesterday. This time Eric was joined by Renée Van Halm and Monique Fouquet. Alan was over in Victoria to be the External Examiner at a thesis defence at UVic so there were just four of us to have lunch together here. While I worked on getting a couple of jugbirds painted with my usual slips Eric painted his oval plates with underglazes. I had…
Marlene Madison was our third guest at the most recent 'Raid'. She had painted three plates on a visit here prior to Monday's gathering, and then chose another five so there are lots of delightful shoes and one little apartment scene to add to her collection of squarish plates. We also refired an earlier plate of hers. It had developed crazing, been refired…
I asked local potter Pauline Doyle to help me to lift the shelves into my kiln on Tuesday. The glazing had gone well but I knew that loading the fairly heavy shelves into the kiln would be silly. How lucky am I that the Port Moody Arts Centre where Pauline happened to be working that day is only two blocks away? Thanks Pauline for giving…