Some people use their jugbirds for milk and have asked me to make a sugar container to match. My recent batch of work included jugbirds, each of which has a sugarpot painted to coordinate with whatever bird it is. Alan tried out our new photo lightbox for these photos. The depth of field is good but now…
A week ago Alan and I drove South into Washington and Oregon for a few days to extend Summer a bit. We spent Friday night with our friends Jane and Ken in Portland, Oregon. He has just retired, they have a lively new dog and are now supervising an addition to their old house which is designed to make their home habitable for many years…
Alan has put together a light box for photographing my work. Using plans I brought home from Medalta we adapted the size and shape and now have an affordable and very effective apparatus. We bought 1" diameter plumbing pipe, Ts and Ls, some foamcore for a light-weight, non-combustible frame for the lights, sheer fabric for a light diffuser and the most expensive item, a special…
After we'd attended Mary Fox's opening at the Gallery of BC Ceramics we walked over to Circle Craft to see the new show there: "Slipstitch'. Potter Jackie Frioud and hooked rug artist Judy Robertson have collaborated on the theme of stitching. Jackie's elegant thrown lidded pots are 'held together' with dainty drawn stitches, her angular dishes have the same tiny marks tracing across them. Judy…
I took photos of work all around the Gallery of BC Ceramics while we were there. You can see that there is a tremendous quantity and variety of work available. Gallery manager Sharon Cohen and her staff take good care of our work and do a tremendous job of informing customers and admirers all about the pieces. I generally take a photo of my current…