This would seem to be such a marvellous time to take advantage of my pottery studio and be wildly creative, but like some other artists, I'm finding that the quieter and slower pace of isolated life hasn't been inspiring so far. I'm allowing myself to be distracted by the ever-delightful Spring flowers in our garden and by phone-calls, social media and cooking. Sound familiar? Plus,…
All three of the 'Raiders' who were here in early February painted platters which I am sure will be used for Festive Feasts. The platter that was taken in to Vancouver for Eric to paint is also intended to be a special Feast Dish. Yesterday Alan took photos of the finished glazed work and I'm pleased to see that all are suitably shiny, bright and…
Alan and I took ourselves off to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, for a couple of weeks in January and were very lucky to escape a week of heavy snow here in Vancouver. We enjoyed the warmth, the colour of plants, exotic wildlife, Surrealist and Folk Art and friendly Mexicans. My resolution to be drawing more often only resulted in one afternoon of sketching with watercolours and…
The final glaze firing of this year wasn't completely full but my most recent visitors were hoping to have their work finished by Christmas. The Raiders were Eric Metcalfe, Kate Metten, Tamara Mills and Mitch Kenworthy. Eric enjoyed his Raid day by painting two plates with matching colours, even though they were different shapes.…
Before and after lunch and Birthday cake tea-time Eric and Pierre managed to get lots of work done. Eric settled down right away to draw on and paint one of his easily recognizable rimmed plates. On this one he left the white clay to contrast with bold black curvy and angular lines, with red and yellow shapes behind. Then he decided that there was time…