The final glaze firing of this year wasn't completely full but my most recent visitors were hoping to have their work finished by Christmas. The Raiders were Eric Metcalfe, Kate Metten, Tamara Mills and Mitch Kenworthy. Eric enjoyed his Raid day by painting two plates with matching colours, even though they were different shapes.…
Before I went to England I made up a batch of slab plates and bisque-fired them after I returned. I knew the Raiders would like to raid my Port Moody studio at least once more this year but November was filled with that soda firing and attending the MOA show. But yesterday was a good day for another Raid. Kate Metten organised the date and…
Before and after lunch and Birthday cake tea-time Eric and Pierre managed to get lots of work done. Eric settled down right away to draw on and paint one of his easily recognizable rimmed plates. On this one he left the white clay to contrast with bold black curvy and angular lines, with red and yellow shapes behind. Then he decided that there was time…
The products of our birthday Raid on August 22nd have survived the glaze firing successfully and I have more beautiful, varied and interesting plates to show you. To comply with the Wordpress suggestion of reducing the size or number of images per blog I shall show the work of two of my visiting artists first and then post a second blog to show the work…
Rounding up Raiders.. Kate Bellringer must have felt like a shepherd moving sheep or a member of the constabulary arresting said raiders over the past few months. Somehow she was able to encourage a large number of the artists who've poddled out to my Port Moody studio for a Raid to deliver one or more of their plates to her office at Burrard Arts Foundation.…