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ClayLines

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EVEN POTTERS GET THE BLUES
Deadline: Dec. 30
January Blues 2013, Deer Lake Gallery

After the holiday hoopla is gone and there are no customers on the
horizon you may be subject to a seasonal mood change. Join the Deer
Lake Gallery in January 2013 as we intend to wallow in the Blues
by hosting an exhibition with only one requirement—all pieces must
be the colour blue. We are accepting video and digital work as well
as painting, drawing, prints and sculptural works including pottery.
Please send images and proposals to info@burnabyartscouncil.org
before Dec. 30, 2012. Show will run from Jan. 11 to Feb.1, 2013.
Artists are asked to join the Burnaby Arts Council, a $25 annual
membership.

CALL FOR ENTRY, Lower Mainland
Deadline: Mar. 13

TriCity Potters group are holding their first truly juried show in
the Blackberry Gallery at Port Moody Arts Centre. We are planning
to show ceramic work which has been made specifically for serving
a Fantastic Feast. Your entry can be anything that might be used to
enhance said feast whether it's serving dishes, drinking vessels or
decorative pieces for the dining room. And you might like to decide
who or what is doing the feasting! You may enter up to three pieces,
some of which can be sets. The entry fee for this show is $10 and
you must be a paid-up member of TriCity Potters. Bring your work
to our March meeting, Wednesday, March 13 at Port Moody Senior
Secondary School, 7 p.m. Fredi Rahn will be the juror but will not be
giving a critique of the work. The show will open on Thursday, March
21, 2013 and be up until April 21. The theme ties in with elementum:
Form, Function, Feast, the Canadian Clay Ceramic Symposium at
Shadbolt Centre, on March 23, 2013. For more information go to
www.tricitypotters.ca or phone Gillian McMillan 604.937.7696.

Chop Marks &
Signatures

Send in your chops and have them available through the guild.
For the form, click on the link here: www.bcpotters.com/Guild/
chops.php

You can email it back to Debra Sloan at debraesloan@gmail.
com as an attachment. Or print and mail your sheet[s] to Potters
Guild of BC, 1359 Cartwright Street, Granville Island, Vancouver,
B.C. V6H 3R7 attention: chops.

Potters Guild of BC Newsletter : December 2012

The exhibitions, calls for entry and special events included in
ClayLines are just some of the items listed on the guild website.
Website listings are updated regularly, so check back often
here: www.bcpotters.com and click on "What's On".

EXHIBITION, Courtenay
Meet the artists, Dec. 1

The Potters Place is putting on some Pottery Pizzazz this month
with both Featured Artist Charlotte Schaufelbuhl and Special Guest
Artist Jeff Brett.

Jeff Brett thinks of himself as a multi-disciplinary artist exploring
a variety of art mediums including ceramics, photography, video and
sculpture—jumping from one to another and sometimes combining
them. His art practice has focused in the last few years primarily on
making functional pottery. “I make pots for my family and I, pots that
we love to hold, fill with food or drink and share with friends. Each
piece is a simple, personal statement that I believe exhibits something
about who I am as the maker. I choose to focus on a few basic forms —
tumblers, mugs, plates and bowls. I invite you to hold each piece and
discover a connection for yourself.” Jeff's pots are to be filled with your
favourite food or drink, used and enjoyed. “Where I live and what I do
in my work both have a profound influence on the art I create.”

Charlotte Schaufelbuhl’s work is strongly influenced by her folk
art studies and has a European flavour. She is constantly testing new
ground. She prefers to sacrifice rigid design and controlled firings for
the erratic and surprising results that reduction gas firings offer. Her
work is unique and a treasured find for even the eclectic collector.
Charlotte has built her own kiln and has her studio in Black Creek.
She also belongs to the Comox Valley Potters and continues to frequent
workshops with guest artists.

On Dec. 1, please come and meet these wonderful artists and enjoy
some holiday refreshments. Jeff will be in the gallery 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
and Charlotte will be in the gallery 1 to 5 p.m. The Potter's Place is
at 180B Fifth St. on the corner of Fifth and Cliffe in the Courtyard,
in the cultural heart of downtown Courtenay. It's open Mondays to
Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Parking is available at the Rear of
the building. For more information, call 250.334.4613, or see www.

thepottersplace.ca.

Charlotte Schaufelbuhl (left) and
Jeff Brett (below), showing off
some of their work.

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