The most recent group of Raiders have had to wait quite a while to see the results of their painting day. But, after spending time with two groups of family visitors and a couple of weeks fabricating stoneware pieces, I now have all ten of the latest plates all packed up. I think I'll post some photos of the fun things our visitors got up…
Yesterday was another of those very busy but really good days when Raiders invade my studio! I kept the number of visitors to six as that's the comfortable number to sit around my big table and that's about all the plates I had made and bisqued. Eric, Renée, Monique, Kate M, Allyson and brand-new Raider Anne Ramsden were my guests for the day. Anne…
There was another little Raid on April 8th when Eric Metcalfe brought Burrard Arts Foundation Director Kate Bellringer out to Port Moody. She wanted to spend some time discussing her plan to curate a show featuring the work of Raiders. So she was encouraged to 'doodle' on a large platter, while Eric painted another of his lunch plates and we looked at my collection of…
It's more than two weeks since Raiders Mina Totino, Kate Metten, Michelle Normoyle and Tamara Mills were here, and Eric Metcalfe and curator Kate Bellringer were here just after that so they've all had to wait patiently while I glaze-fired all their plates. Of course there was the exciting soda firing in the interim too. Alan took photos of all the work this weekend so…
This morning Eric Metcalfe and Kate Bellringer came out to Port Moody for a mini-Raid. Kate is the Director of Burrard Arts Foundation (BAF) and has expressed interest in curating a first show of Raiders' work. The owners of Terminal Creek Contemporary Art Gallery, in Artisan Square on Bowen Island have given her a slot in August 2019 so Kate is anxious to get our visiting artists…