September 1960 NEWSLETTER 135N 0319 a12% The Potters Guild of British Columbia 315 West Cordova Street, Vancouver, B.C. V6B 1E5 MEETING, third Wednesday of each month at the VanDeusen Gardens classroom, 37th and Gak. The informal, social part of the evening begins at 7 o'clock. Raku firers Please bring their pots from the picnic had by the Guild in June. Also if possible could people bring a mug to donate for use. Our guest speaker, wWeds., Sept. 17th will be DENYS JAMES (see SHOWS) who will be demonstrating his unique techniques in making his handbuilt forms using oxides. He will display some of his pots and show slides. FRESICENT'S MESSAGE After our successful 25th Anniversary Exhibition in May we relaxed at our. annual. Picnic/Raku Party at Rhonda Green's cosy back garden in West Vancouver, in June.: It was great fun in spite of rain in the morning. Some of the pots you will see at the Sept. meeting. I hope you all had a good summer holiday and are now ready to start a new season 1980/81. Georgina Hughes and Barbara Sarron formed a Nominating Committee and have proposed a list of new executive members. We will also call for nominations "fram the floor" at our first meeting and vote to make our new executive official. Be sure to be at the meeting to cast your vote. Frances Fraser and Cory Steuart are finishing their term on the executive and on behaif of all Guild members 1 would like to thank them both most sincerely for their contribution to the Guild. See you at the meeting! Hiro REPORT TC THE MEMBERS The vine maple leaves are edged with that glorious orange-red amd the flower blos- sems are beginning to droop and so, a new season begins, and it's back to the hus- tle and bustle of classes, meetings and committments. We hope everyone had a plea- sant summer break. _ The executive has had its first board meeting and started planning the year's pro- gram and discussing goals. Some of there ideas will be discussed at the Sept. meet~ ing, firm plans will be announced in the newsletter. The June general meeting was the Raku party held at Ronda Green's... - Although it. had been raining the weather cleared for the day and we had a grand time. A great pile of wood was chopped and with much discussion and laughter the kiln was built using Ronda's hard fire brick, and it turned out to be a real dandy little kiln, a 'roaring' sucess. There were 24 members there for most of the day, some still there firing pots until 8 pm. wWe shared a pot luck lunch and mumerous bottles of wine. As is usual with Raku firings the excitement was high as everyone dashed around with sawdust buckets arguing sobut whether certain pots had been in the kiln long enough or in the sawdust long enough. Everyone got good pieces aut of the firing and some of the pots were really lovely. We all had a marvelous time. Our thanks to our hostess for the day. Ronda's yard was a beautiful woodland set- ting for the firing. Barbara Sarron EXEC\iTIVE OF THE POTTERS GUILD OF B8.C., 1980-81 President Hiro Urakami 126-81 Nice Presidents Laila Pettersen os pate Barbara Barron 980-6446 Recording Secretary ‘Barbara Sarron " Corresponding Secretary Cherie Markiewicz (Studio, eves.) . 734-2247 Treasurer Jeanne Burns Home, 11pm) ; _ Seiaee Program Chairman - Laila Pettersen | oa5 e704 Hycroft Lomm, Chairman Elizabeth Reynolds - . gone wee Exhibition Comm. Chairman Marjorie Johnson oO oGl-iead Librarian | Ron white . 13305895 * Newsletter Cherie Markiewicz (see above or mail information) Social Lommittee : Anne Fleetham | . 922-6620 Chairman — Margaret McClelland | | 261-6693 ‘Paula Locke oo - 22B-87B4 Travelling workshops Ronda Green: . : - 921 9888 Local workshops Ellen Zeiss : , . . 733-7073