Five artists drove out to Port Moody on a really rainy day yesterday, loaded with masses of potluck lunch contributions! They all painted away with enthusiasm and we now have a great group of bone dry plates just waiting for me to get a final jug bird painted. Then I'll get them all loaded in to a bisque firing as usual. Can't wait to…
On my way in to Granville Island on Wednesday afternoon I stopped in at the Western Front to drop off all the finished plates and to have a cuppa with Eric Metcalfe. Paul Mathieu arrived soon after, having cycled up from Emily Carr U after teaching his class. Both were jumping-up-and-down anxious to see their finished work! Renée,…
The last two artists who painted plates for the Western Front's Gala Auction are WF resident and founding member Eric Metcalfe and WF curator Jacquelyn Ross. Eric, of course, organizes these 'Raids' to Port Moody and invites the artists. But this time he decided to let the other four come out without him, and Jacquie, although invited to participate in the 'Six' had to be…
The other two artists who recently spent the day here were Elizabeth McIntosh and Mina Totino. They both painted several of the new 'square' forms so that we would have a choice for the Western Front Gala Auction set, and then used other shapes for fun. First, here are Elizabeth's squarish plates. It was interesting to see how these artists reacted to the…
I opened the kiln on Sunday and Alan has now taken good photos of all the work. There are more than twenty plates and seven of my jugbirds. For those of you who are interested in seeing how various artists tackle the curved surface of a slab-made plate with underglazes I'll post photos of their work, two people per blog. Paul Mathieu spent much of…