200 at : | l MONTH 1999 MADE OF CLAY BOOK SALES Atthe end of May, the Gallery recorded 29 retail copies sold, which includes 12 cop- ies sold at the Made of Clay exhibition and sale. Payment was also received for 6 wholesale in May. Douglas & McIntyre sold 26 copies in April and we do not yet have their numbers for May. MADE OF CLAY EXHIBITION AND SALE Ron Feicht has indicated in his recent urticles that the spring Made of Clay event attendance was not as high as projected although advertising expenditures were more than doubled, Admission revenue essentially offset the increase in advertis- ing. There was an eight percent net in- crease in revenue to the Potters Guild of BC. This fall will be the first time that Made of Clay Christmas Exhibition and Sale will be held at the Roundhouse Community Centre. An application form for this event is included with this newsletter, FROM THE OVEN AND KILN FUNDRAISING DINNER The planning forthe 3rd Annual From the Oven and Kiln event is well underway; please see Tam Irving's article for further details, Debra Sloan's notice in IMPOR- TANT INFORMATION FOR MEM- BERS on page 4 elaborates on the oppor- tunity presented by the Delta Pacific Con- ference and Resort Centre, where the din- ner will again be held, There will be exhi- bition and demonstration space available for our members to display and sell their work, Absolutely nothing has been for- 6 AMJJAGONSG GUILD NEWS malized al thes pount, al- though some decispons will need to be made overthe AA EP ok you are inter- ested in pur- suing this op- portunity + please contact Mactuasaces} J a ne | BB eeqectep Matthews at the Potters Guild office. LOTTERY FOR POTTERY The Beard originally postponed this event from last spring to the coming fall to coinchk: with an opening night for the Made Of Clay Christmas Exhibition and Sale event. [thas now been decided to hold the third Lottery for Pottery in the week leading up to the Spring Made of Clay exhibition and sale next year. TOO GOOD FOR THE SHARD PILE This sidewalk sale is held every few months, donations and weather permit- ting, outside the Gallery of BC Ceramics on Granville [sland, The idea originated with past president Linda Doherty as a means of raising funds for office equip- ment, With the funds, the Guild has pur- chased a laser printer, new office chair, amd a paper shredder for recycling and creating packing material. Since then, the funds have been generally accumulating tohelp with the Gallery renovation, which is suspended until there is bemercash flow, If you have any pottery seconds, the ones that you can't quite take a hammer to but are reluctant to sell, please bring them to the Gallery for our next Too Good for the Shard Pile sale. A deadline of June 2 was previously published, but we are always collecting. If you're planning to come into town, please don’t forget to pack your box of seconds into the car! We need the funds to finish the renovation! Many thanks in advance. Jane Matthews General Manager Potters Guild of British Columbia summer, if MADE OF CLAY: CERAMICS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA wins cita- tion for excellence in book design On June 7 1999, the Alcuin Society pre- sented is nauonal awards for book design in Canada. Made of Clay received a first for pactorial books, Both the publisher and designer were recognized. Linda Doherty aocepted for the Guild and Roberto Dosil attended for Praxis Corporation Commu- nications Design. A catalogue of winners will be published soon. NOTICE TO PARTICIPANTS IN THE BOOK MADE OF CLAY Nine books are set aside for fundraising. We hope to have every participant sign their page in each book. [f you have not already done this, please come tothe Guild office as soon as you can. MEMBERSHIP Please make the follawing changes to your membership lst. WELCOME NEW MEMBERS Margaret Clews, 2947 Argo Place, Burmaby, BC V3) 7G2 604-421-7617 Jean Ellis, 3981 Springtree Drive, Van- couver, BC V6L 3E2 604-756-3981 Leona Senez, Leona's Pottery, 3449 Parklane Road, Westhank, BC VAT 1BS 250-768-7919 Marguente Kotwitz, PO Box 2150, Point Roberts, WA, USA 98281 310-045-1363 Gayle Maddocks, Dancing Spirit Studios, 8692 - 207 Street, Langkey VIM 3X4 604-970-5371, fax: G04-313-1903 (Chris Hansen, RR#L, Hornby Island, BC VOR 140 604-664-8854 RENEWALS Cornelia Haeussler, 1495 I lth Avenue North, Williams Lake, V2G 3X3 254)- 592-627 | Thank you for your renewal, July/August 199