Dear Editor:

I have a two fold reason for writing to you. One te related
to the note in the January newsletter about supplying names of
potters we would like to read about. I can't aupply a mame, but
rather a category - "single firers". Pottere who have eliminated
the bisque step. Due to a year I spent travelling and studying
(with Dennis Parks itn Nevada and at the Inatttuto Allende tn
Merteo), I have contactea with pottere in the States who are
single firing, but I've had no luck finding kindred soule tn B.C.
I am currently working in stoneware and porcelain and all my work
is raw glazed and single fired in a small gas reduction kiln to
eone 10. Could the Guild'e newsletter help me locate any other
single firers out there? Or provide a forum for a discussion of
the process?

The second reason for my letter relatea to volunteer work
I've been doing at Skeleem Village here on Vancouver Ialand.
Skeleem te a work and home community for handtcapped adults. I
have been involved in setting up a small pottery studio tin the
workshop section of the village and tratning reatdenta in hand
building techniques. I am finding that working tn clay ts a
pleasurable and therapeutic activity for the villagers ae well
as providing the village with a few marketable items. The pottery
ts aleo providing a good work experience for some of the village
residents that have been unable or umilling to work tn the