On Thursday afternoon Jason Walker gave a talk in the clay studio of Maple Ridge ACT Centre, where the Fraser Valley Potters' Guild show is on just now. His presentation was another event arranged to complement the Clay Symposium which is happening tomorrow at Shadbolt Centre. Jason will be demonstrating and giving a talk there as well. There was a good turn-out yesterday, with several familiar clay…
On a wintry day at the end of January intrepid Rick Ross brought his old friend Eric out here for the day. Just the three of us painted plates so I felt comfortable working alongside them. Normally I'm a bit shy to paint - potting with others watching is OK but painting requires concentration. Those pieces were finally fired when I filled the kiln with last…
The other plates that emerged from this recent firing were painted by Renée Van Halm, Monique Fouquet, Mina Totino, Cindy Richmond and Marlene Madison. I was pleased to hear that Mina made it safely home on Monday evening with all of the plates but found the icy roads rather scary. I'll post photos of all the plates but they often wind up separated from anything I might…
At last we have had a gorgeous, if cool sunny day. Al and I took an hour-long walk down to the nearby Trans-Canada Trail and were pleased to see Schoolhouse Creek salmon stream restoration under the recently opened Skytrain Line. Then I decided to use the non-rainy day to take plates out to the kiln shed rather than make a mad dash up to the…
I opened the glaze kiln this morning and am happy with the results. There are sixteen new plates, one re-fire (a little speck of kiln wash had fallen on one last time) and just one piece of mine. The next firing will be a new group of my jugbirds. Alan has, as usual, taken good photos in our booth so I'll post them in three…