In the kiln with the plates painted by the others I had work of my own - some mugs, 7 jug birds, plates and sample 'cookies' of the new underglazes I bought at Seattle Pottery Supply. The mugs are finished with terra sigillata on the outside and the plates and birds are painted when leather hard with my coloured slips. These 3 plates are quickly…
I need to get these 15 jugbirds painted by Friday! They are intended for 'Crackerjack' the following weekend. Five will be Red Cardinals and the others will be Flickers, Woodpeckers, an Eagle, Chickadee etc. After that I'll take all I have to Circle Craft and Gallery of BC Ceramics. How on earth did I wind up making pots that take days to complete?!
I've kept two larger jugbirds here for now. One is really Christmassy and the other is shades of turquoise. Now I must get serious about making some ordered for YVR and designing a large bird mug for a carpenter in partial payment for work here.
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…
On Monday afternoon we gathered to open the salt/soda firing from last Friday. With a hard brick kiln the pots were still somewhat warm but fine to take out. What were our feelings about the results? Linda Doherty herself says she's always disappointed at the opening of a kiln and that she prefers the firing. Having participated in the firing I was prepared for what…