Before I went to England I made up a batch of slab plates and bisque-fired them after I returned. I knew the Raiders would like to raid my Port Moody studio at least once more this year but November was filled with that soda firing and attending the MOA show. But yesterday was a good day for another Raid. Kate Metten organised the date and…
Before and after lunch and Birthday cake tea-time Eric and Pierre managed to get lots of work done. Eric settled down right away to draw on and paint one of his easily recognizable rimmed plates. On this one he left the white clay to contrast with bold black curvy and angular lines, with red and yellow shapes behind. Then he decided that there was time…
The products of our birthday Raid on August 22nd have survived the glaze firing successfully and I have more beautiful, varied and interesting plates to show you. To comply with the Wordpress suggestion of reducing the size or number of images per blog I shall show the work of two of my visiting artists first and then post a second blog to show the work…
Just five days after our first Raiders' show, at Terminal Creek Contemporary Art Gallery on Bowen Island, the tradition of artists raiding our home continued. Five of the regular artist visitors arrived on my doorstep on Thursday. Luckily the Raid was pre-planned and I had a fresh batch of bisque-fired plates ready for them. Birthday men Pierre Coupey (last Saturday) and Eric Metcalfe (this actual…
After the show closed at 4 o'clock a convoy of cars drove across Bowen Island to King Edward Bay, to the home of Kate Bellringer's parents Steve and Cathy Bellringer for a post-show drink. The setting for their house at the end of the road is rather spectacular. The house sits on a little bluff with a fairly steep walk down to the private wharf…