Meeting

FEBRUARY 18th, 198] is the date of the next general meeting
of the Potters Guild of British Columbia. The location is
Van Dusen Gardens, 3/th and Oat Streets: Social and coffee
7:00 - 8.00 p.m., business 8:00 - 9:00, and our guest speak-
er, Andrew Wong, 9:00 - 10:00,

Andrew, a potter from the valley, will present his slides of
the potters of Canton, China. The information gathered on
his two trips to China will illustrate both functional and
decorative aspects, and will be augmented by Andrew's own
collection of pots from the area. In addition he will pre-
sent his own work.

THE JANUARY MEETING was a huge success. It looks as if we
will have to look for a bigger place! Vacationing Hiro's
chairmanship was taken over for the evening by Laila Petter-
sen. Social hour was the usual success, with coffee and
lovely fattening goodies, and good conversation over pots
and books. The meeting was an update on up-coming events
such as the Spring Sale, Ceramics '8] Exhibition, and ways
and means of achieving our goal of a Guild gallery. It is
going to be a very busy and exciting year for the Potters
Guild of B.C.; we look forward to new faces and continued
growth.

The treat of the evening was Gary Merkel's mini-workshop, in
which his refreshing approach to handbuilding with porcelain
was enjoyed by all. Thank-you very much, Gary, and welcome
to British Columbia.

SPRING SALE of the Potters Guild of B.C. will take place Sat-
urday. April 18. 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m_, Van Dusen Gardens,
37th & Oak Streets. There will be additional information on
this gallery fund raiser in next month's newsletter.

- Laila Pettersen