Ceramics 81.

CERAMICS '8] has already created a record - over 130 entrants!
(almost twice as we have ever had before) ‘So this , plus
our invitational section guarantee us a super show.

To repeat directions for bringing in pots: Bring them to
rooms 4 & 5, adjacent to the media centre show area at Rab-
son Square on Monday, May 18, 12:00 noon to 9:00 p.m.

There is excellent parking underneath Robson Square, with

a large elevator just beside the display area. Entrance to
the Court House parking lot is on Howe (heading south)

just before Nelson Street.

Pick-up will be Saturday evening, May 30th from 7:30 p.m.
to 9:00 p.m. and Sunday, May 31, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

HARLAN HOUSE WORKSHOP -

On the weekend of April 25 & 26, a group of 75 potters gather-
ed in the beautifully natural setting of Pearson College, on
the southwest coast of Vancouver Island, for a workshop on
porcelain with Harlan House.

Stimulated by a slide presentation of Harlan's work, we were
then introduced to a brief history of porcelain. From here
we got right into the character of porcelain and the role of
the studio potter.

Harlan's maturity and success with this clay, conveyed with
intensity and humour, challenged the group to develop indivi-
duality as potters and to limit criticism of others’ work to
the intention of the potter in the pot he/she produces, rather
than being bound by rules.

He impressed upon us that in order to be strong individually,
the process must not become as important as the spirit of the
process. Every experience in the life of a potter's work be-

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