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NEWSLETTER

SEPTEMBER 1992

ISSN 6319 812xX

WORKSHOPS: REVIEW AND PREVIEW

It's been a busy summer for many people,
and we have an equally busy fal] te look
forward lo! Many thanks to everyone
who has taken the thme to contribute
notes on lhe sanrer’s activities for this

imsaie,

David Loyd, Instructor and our host at
Kwantlen College writes of Jeff
Oestreich's visit on page G. Similarly.
Gillian McMillan, a third year student
at Emily Carr College [and faithful
assistant In making sure you
get your newsletter every month) has
written of the learning experience with
Jeff Oestreich In the three week course
he gave at ECCAD In July; please see
page 7, A month eariler, at the Delta
Potters’ Club in Tsawwassen, Don
Hutchinson gave a week long session in
June. Many thanks to Stephanie
Graves, Workshop Committee chalr of
that club for her report. which fellows on
page &.

This fall, the Guild has two workshop
events planned which we hope many of
you Will be able to attend.

Susan LePoldevin, a craduate of the
University of California at Santa Cruz,
and now a resident of Princeton, B.C.,
will offer a one day workshop session at
Kwantlen College on Saturday, Septem-
ber 19th, from $:30 am -— 4:00 pm.

Susan's unique forms have been
fascinating us here in B.C. for over ten
years; tn 1990 she was featured in a
three person show, “The Ceramic Figure*,
at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria.
She writes, “Over the years J have come
to lowe the primitioe-firing process. I try ta
create figurative sculptures and bow!
jorms which speak of strength ane
conjfran-tatian, yet can be whimsical by

nature. [am greathy moved by primitine
Jolk art from mary cultures and feel this
fifluence ts reflected in my wort. I begin
iy constructing the pieces with a series
ofciay slabs ardcoils, paddled or pressed
together. Senne are then burnished with
a smooth stone to create an extremely
polished surface. Later, glaze or
underglaze ts applied toobtain a variation
in colowr and texture.”

Susan will share her experience in
making the figurative work, and in the
“primitive” firing processes that she
employs to complete it. Registration for
this one-clay session is through the Guild
office; see form on page 11 for cost
details.

John Gill will visit Emily Carr College of
Art and Design in October, and in
collaboration with ECCAD, will present
a two-day session there for the Potters’
Guild. John, a nalive of Washington
State, Is currently associate professor at
the New York State College of Ceramics
at Alfred University. He has studied with
Patti Warashina, and with Ken Ferguson
at the Kansas City Ari Institute, where
he received his B.A. in 1973. He received
his MFA in 1975 from Alfred, and has
since taught ata number of universities
In the USA, and is husband to the potter
and teacher, Andrea Gill.

foontincd on Page 4)

Susan LePotdeuvin