The remaining space in my kiln was filled with the jugbirds I managed to get finished in February. I've already posted a photo of a new Rooster when he was leather hard and freshly painted with underglaze and terra sigillata. Now I was looking forward to seeing how he'd look after the glaze firing. I'm pleased with his comb and wattle and glaring eyes!…
Once again I have packed jugbirds into a smaller-than-carry-on-size box ready to take to the airport with me tomorrow. I think the allowable size is now smaller so some will have to go in my hand-bag too. Good thing I only want a book and passport besides them. While I am travelling to Cambridge, Berlin briefly, London and Salisbury…
On the morning after we returned from an eventful holiday on Vancouver Island I happily unloaded the latest glaze firing. For once the kiln contained only my work! Now most of these new jugbirds have been delivered to Granville Island, to Circle Craft Co-op where I had NONE left, and to the Gallery of BC Ceramics. I'll post…
My recent glaze firing was small because I wanted to have sample tiles of some underglazes ready for the next 'Raid' of painters who were here the other day. But for those folks who said they would like to see some of my recent plates after glaze firing, here you are! I painted a square plate with geometric shapes based on those I'd applied to…
Mina Totino really likes the square plates I make for her. They're simply a clay slab slumped into an old electric frying pan, with the edges tidied up when the clay is firmer. Thinking that if others, and I, would like to paint some more I decided to make a clay mould and simplify the job. So now I have a bisque-fired form and can slump…