The visiting artists had to wait a couple of weeks for me and my tile-painting friends to fill the kiln but finally it was fired and opened on Sunday. My previous blog shows the TriCity Potters' second batch of tiles and my next will show my new exotic jug birds, but I have photos of all the new plates here. Eric continues to enjoy…
Eric Metcalfe organized another 'Raid' for yesterday and Eli Bornowsky, Jacqui Ross, Paul Mathieu and Karen Henry joined the expedition. Each person let me know ahead of time what colour they'd like their plates to be painted, if not left white. I apply my coloured slips to the plates when leather hard, so some were Naples Yellow, Green, Blue and Grey. Paul asked me to make him my…
Here it is, the end of Easter Sunday and I've just turned on a bisque firing. What would my father have said? But today, somewhat rainy, was treated as a work day. The pleasure of having the family here for a meal will happen tomorrow. But I had promised the most recent group of 'Raiders' that I would be filling the kiln…
I emptied my kiln this morning and only five of the pieces in there were mine! There have been two more raids of painters here lately as Eric Metcalfe has volunteered six new plates for auction at the Western Front. The first group, on November 25th, were Eric, Jacqui Ross, Eli Bornowsky and, for his first visit, recently-retired Charles H. Scott Gallery curator Greg Bellerby.…