When the Raiders were here just over a week ago they took home their plates from the previous Raid. I'll post photos of those plates in two blogs. In this first one you'll see Eric Metcalfe's one traditional oval plate, with his signature colours painted over a sage green background. It's wonderful to see the careful drawing and then watch the considered areas…
What a fine way to spend a 75th Birthday! Last year it happened to be Eric's birthday when a 'raid' was scheduled and he decided that passing the day with like-minded artist friends was what he'd like to do again. I had opened the glaze kiln on Saturday so there was a collection of all the plates from July's raid all ready for the 'raiders' today.…
I asked local potter Pauline Doyle to help me to lift the shelves into my kiln on Tuesday. The glazing had gone well but I knew that loading the fairly heavy shelves into the kiln would be silly. How lucky am I that the Port Moody Arts Centre where Pauline happened to be working that day is only two blocks away? Thanks Pauline for giving…
I'm posting photos of the latest painted plates in two blogs.The work was really bold and colourful this time. Eric chose his usual oval plate form, one white and one terra cotta. I applied grey slip to the white one and he uses red, turquoise and black for the design. This combination has become a new favourite for…
Here are the photos Al took of all the pieces that were painted last week. Our home-made light box really does make the job of getting a professional-style image so quick and easy. I merely crop them in iPhoto. All the plates look the same size here, but Jacqui's are four lunch-size plates. She now has a set of six. …