During the latter part of March I was mainly concentrating on throwing some stoneware pieces for the TriCity Potters' upcoming group soda firing but I found an afternoon to roll out some more slab plates and platters. Mina and friends were hoping for another Raid so I filled my kiln with said plates and my slowly accumulating earthenware jugbirds and some bowls for a bisque…
In spite of a little overnight snowfall five Raiders showed up in Port Moody on Wednesday. The sun was shining so the ice on the road and walkways was quickly melted. I just managed to get another group of plates bisque-fired and cool enough to take out of the kiln that morning and I didn't want to slip while carrying them from the kiln shed…
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…
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…
After some juggling of dates we finally found a day when a group of Raiders could get together for another enjoyable day of working in my studio. Pierre Coupey drove out here from West Vancouver and the other five, Eric, Mina, Philippe, Michelle and Marlene came from Vancouver. Several of my guests are asking for larger platters and plates these days so I did spend…