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President’s Message

Here at the computer, the morning after Oven & Kiln 2012 (the
fabulous silent auction, award ceremony, fund raiser for the NWCEF),
with my second coffee, on a glorious sunny B.C. spring morning
(well, in the Lower Mainland anyhow), thinking how fortunate Iam
to be here as a potter in B.C. Last night’s event helped to drive home
what a wonderful, varied and deep ceramic community we have here
in the province and as a relative newcomer to B.C., a realization that
perhaps this ceramic wealth is not as well known outside B.C. as
perhaps it should. I also began to wonder if this expanse of ceramic
wealth is fully realized within the province itself for its level of skill
and variety.

While at NCECA last month in Seattle, I met a great number of
B.C. potters, some of whom are or were members of PGBC and
many who were not. The number of active potters who are not
members were the ones who concerned me the most. What does
the PGBC need to do, to be relevant and to encourage more potters
and ceramic enthusiasts to want to sign up to as members? As the
name implies, PGBC should represent, at the least, a good solid
cross section of our constituency from all corners of the province, if
not as individual members than at least as representative of the many
smaller local groups.

G a | le ry N CWS. By Brenda Beaudoin

First quarter gallery sales are up by 26% from last year! Great news
to be ahead of our sales goals as April sales have been very slow. We're
sure however that Sandra Dolph’s May exhibition will draw in many of
our regular gallery patrons. We're looking forward to getting the first
look at Sandra’s latest ceramic works and installing her exhibition.

We've been emailing bi-monthly evites to promote new ceramic
arrivals and exhibitions. If you have not been receiving your evites

please email: staff@bcpotters.com to be added to the gallery's outlook
PGBC member list.
Check us out on Facebook too @ Gallery of BC Ceramics. @

Potters Guild of BC Newsletter - May 2012

Knowing that the board has been occupied with many issues
and projects over the last few years, we are now hoping to refocus
energy toward membership development. Starting out on this new
mandate, I hope to have members and contacts from all corners of
this very large province. I do realize that, sitting here in the Lower
Mainland, this may be a pie-in-the sky ideal, but I do quite like a
challenge. So, with the throwing down of that gauntlet, one action
I will personally take up is, as my husband and I travel through the
province exploring our new home, I hope to make contact with as
many members of the clay community as possible. Feedback from
the present and past membership on how the PGBC could be more
relevant to the ceramic community throughout B.C. would also be
most welcome. This feedback can come in a number of ways. For
instance, in this issue of the newsletter, we have reports written by
members reflecting their experiences at NCECA. This participation
by members adds to our newsletter and reminds us of our members’
strengths and interests.

Looking forward to hearing from you. @

—Denise Jeffrey

Sandra Dolph Exhibition
BOULDERS, ROCK AND STONE

Geological forms, colours and textures were the starting place for
exploration in this new body of work. The pottery pieces are made from
the very same, finely ground minerals from which rock is composed,
and some of the same methods of making—rolling, compressing,
abrading, layering, and heating.

And once in a while, while working in the quiet, the deep essence of
the stones was revealed.

Left, Above: new pieces by Sandra Dolph, on display at the Gallery
of BC Ceramics this month.