Arrowsmith Potters Guild Masters Workshop Series 2005 Arrowsmith Potters Guild Masters Workshop Series 2005, to be held in Parksville on Saturday March 28th, will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Arrowsmith Potters, the 50th anniversary of the BC Potters Guild and the 10th anniversary of the Tozan Society of Nanaimo. Two of BC's best known old masters, Don Hutchinson and Bob Kingsmill, will be among the great line up of presenters. Between the two of them, these veterans of the BC pot- tery community have seven- ty-five years of clay experi- ence. Don Hutchinson will be talking on “Attitude and Gratitude" and will draw from his extensive experi- ence to share with us tricks he has picked up over the years. He will discuss his phi- losophy on making pots, emphasizing more of the why and what we make rather than just the how to do, although he will be demonstrating throwing and centering with one hand and other techniques. Don has worked in wood, soda, gas and electric and for 20 years lived off the rocks - making all his glazes from natural materials, including kitty litter and granite. He maintains that there is no such thing as a bad glaze, just inappropriate ways of using it. He believes work- ing to the point of frustra- tion is the key to creativity - we all need to be challenged, and by nurturing frustration we are forced to prob- lem-solve and be creative. Bob Kingsmill will be demonstrating mask-making. He is currently working on big stoneware masks to be made into bronzes for the Vernon Performing Arts Centre. He has been making both masks and murals in addition to his functional ware throughout his pot- tery career. Working in the tradition of masks being there to protect us, as gargoyles in old churches, his benign forms look as if they have appeared from a dark, dank, wet forest, and are rather surprised to be on this planet. One of Bob's biggest fears is that he will some day find one of his masks trans- posed on to a human form and walking around the streets of British Columbia. That could make a great movie! Les Crimp, who is very active with the Arrowsmith Potters and is a past BC Guild board member, has been virtually crippled for quite a while with knees that no longer work. Finally on Nov 2nd he will be getting his surgery and new knees. We hope to see him running around by the time of the Arrowsmith 50/10 Masters Series Symposium in March. Keith Rice-Jones Top: Bob Kingsmill Bottom: Don Hutchinson Potters Guild of British Columbia Newsletter November!/December 2004