Lots of work was produced by the most recent group of Raiders and Eric painted two at home as well so I have too many plates to show you in one blog. This post will show the work of Eric Metcalfe, Kate Metten and Pierre Coupey. Eric chose to paint three of his usual lunch-size rimmed plates, allowing the rim…
Five Vancouver area artists trundled out to Port Moody on Tuesday for the first 'Raid' since August. It seems I had enough bisque-fired platters and plates prepared for this group, and there were lots of underglaze colours ready. Pierre Coupey drove here from West Vancouver and Mina Totino, Kate Metten, Eric Metcalfe and Tamara Mills came from Vancouver. As conversation flowed each person settled right…
What happened to September? Alan and I were 'across the pond' for three weeks and now we're just recovering from the dreaded jet lag. We spent time with my family members in London, Salisbury and Berlin and added a super bus tour through Spain and Portugal. You can imagine how many photos I took there! I hope to share selected best ones over the next…
What better way for artists to spend a birthday than to get together for a day of painting? Last Wednesday was Eric Metcalfe's birthday and Pierre Coupey's was three days earlier. Alan's was in early August so there were two vast cakes for tea-time! The other Raiders this time were Mina Totino, Philippe Raphanel, Kate Metten, Michelle Normoyle, Cindy Richmond, Tamara Mills and Marlene Madison.…
It's Monday afternoon in a July heatwave and the work from last Friday's Raid is already bisque fired. I'll be able to take all the plates out of the kiln tomorrow morning and make a start on the glazing. My five visitors were rather productive so the pieces have completely filled the kiln. With stilts for glazed bottoms, I doubt whether everything will get in…