Three 'raiders' were here yesterday. This time Eric was joined by Renée Van Halm and Monique Fouquet. Alan was over in Victoria to be the External Examiner at a thesis defence at UVic so there were just four of us to have lunch together here. While I worked on getting a couple of jugbirds painted with my usual slips Eric painted his oval plates with underglazes. I had…
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…
'Raiders' were here again on Monday May 25th. They were Mina Totino, Marlene Madison and Eric Metcalfe this time. Eric had asked for two of his usual oval plates to be prepared with sage green and yellow. The other two requested several of the new squarish plates each, left white. I don't know what I did to hurt my back but on the morning they arrived…
The other two artists to paint in my studio recently were Mina Totino and Marlene Madison. Mina's plates wound up with strong bold colours and lively brushstrokes. She painted three of the squarish forms and finished up with a little bowl piece. I think she'll be happy with the results. I love the orange, grey and purple one, with the red border. …
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…