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…
On this below-freezing day here on the West Coast it's a perfect day to finish off some stoneware pots and think about posting some photos of my recent glaze firing of earthenware. Just over a week ago just two Raiders, Mina and Michelle, joined me for a work day. As it turned out their few plates just helped me to fill my kiln for a…
This evening's little chore is to pack up the most recently painted plates, ready for us to deliver to the Western Front tomorrow. That'll be our Solstice adventure. How marvellous to know our days will get longer now! The glaze firing included plates painted by the most recent visitors, Renée, Monique and Marlene, another one from Eric and four little dishes painted by one of…
Five was a good number of Raiders this time. The pool/ping-pong table seats five and me comfortably. So there are just two more artists to feature in this blog. Mina painted one of the large round plates with bold red and then other coloured shapes. It's very striking! Then she added three more of the square, electric frying-pan formed plates. She is enjoying using those…
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…