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. …
A perfect day to be in the studio - rainy but not cold. Once again Eric Metcalfe arranged for a group to come out to Port Moody to paint plates. Monique Fouquet was the driver for Eric and Paul Mathieu. Plates requested were a yellow and a grey for Eric, two white for Monique and two larger white platters for Paul so I made them…