Happy New Year to you all and | hope you
had a marvclous Christmas season. On
behalf af the Board of Directors and all
Guild members | would ike to express our
gratitude to all those Who have volun-
teered their time to help with Guild activi-
ties in 1S89 and a special note of thanks te
athers whe send out the newsletter every
month. Stulling envelopes can be a tedi-
ons job bul we very much appreciate those
whe commit their time and energy to pet-
ting itout. Without the volunteer effort of
many Guild members we could pot hope ti
accomplish all our prognums. Thanks again.

[would also like to express thanks to Ron
Feicht for his splendid organization of
November's Made of Clay at Christmas
al the Roundhouse Community Centre.
Everyone enjoyed the weekend together

CORNER CHAIR

and we were all encouraged by the re-
sponse lo our show. We are looking for-
ward with unucipilion to retumunag there
for next fall's show.

| want tochrce your aliention to hwo mew
uspects of the newsletter. You will see that

Wwennow number Gach suc. On the front of

this issue, we have culled ct valume 46 ane
number |. Thirty-six refers to the number
of vears the Guild has been producing it
newsletter and one refers bo the First of ten
issues we will create this veur. We are able
to track or poniod history back to Febru-
ary 1955 when the Western Potter was
published by the Guild. [f umyone knows
ol earlier issucs, we very much want to
hear, This will enable us to better track our
history, Please tell the editor; call the Guild
ofltoe or any Bound member.

TECHNO TIP

Is your glaze soluble?

Glazes are glass and we tend to think of them as timeless, indestructible. However all
glass leaches to same extent when it comes into contact with water or acids, especially
if the contact occurs over a period of time or the acid is hot.

You can do a quick test on your metal-oxide-containing glares:

Fill a glazed container hal! full of vinegar and leave it for several days, Dry the item and
compare the colour and gloss of the surface above and below the vinegar surface line,
Any difference indicates that the glaze is subject to leaching.

There is a way that you can amplify the result:

If your glaze is white or transparent add a lithe cobalt and do a vinegar-leaching teston
it. Excessively unstable coloured glazes can easily turn white with an overnight vinegar
leach, IF yours does you need to adjust the chemistry of the glaze base or choose a more
slable base,

For more information on making your glazes sale check this page on the Internet: hitp:!
fdigitalfire.com/education! glaze/leaching.him

Techno Tip is prepared by Tory
Hansen and generously sper-
sored by Platnsman Clays Lim

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questions for Dowty, please sera
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Office (359 Cartwright Street,
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Potters Guild of British Columbia

The seoond addition to our newsleticr is a
ealuma culled techno ups. See below.
Thanks to Tony Hansen at Plainsmun Clays
Limited and their generous spoasorship,
we can now give you ideas on how to
Improve your pottery methods. [you have
questions, Ict us know.

hope many of you had a chance to wale
two excellent shows in Newember, Terry
Ryals’ superb celadons at the Gallery of
BC Cermmics und Alison Feargneve’s crea
tive pots ut Cirle Craft on Granville Is-
land, Two cxamples of the outstanding
work being done by Guild members,

Thanks toall whocame out to our Decem-
ber? Christmas celebration and somal and
to those who bought an extra book to give
at Ciuistmas.

Row Vallis President

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Canadian Clay Symposium l
Comer Chair 2
Techno Tip 2
Made of Clay 3
Membership 5
Potters Social 5
Project Empty Bow! 3
ECLAD Visiting Artists 2000 5 |
From Oven and Kila Dinner 6
Gallery Report F
Gallery Exhibitions 2000 7
Call for Entry 8
Making a Mark in History 9
Information about Pottery 9
Around the Province y
New Website
Workshops ID
Children's Workshops 11
International Exposition 12

Wanted 12
Special Inserts
Website information
Canadian Clay Symposium brochure
Maxte of Clay application

January 2000