WANTED! po You KNOW THESE POTTERS?

By Laura Carey

One of the Gallery of BC Ceramics’ regular patrons, David Carlin,
has been collecting some fabulous work with unknown marks and
would like the help of the member community to identify them. Here

S Rive Pe : are Dave's questions regarding the photos:
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ye eee ‘The first I (lovingly) refer to as "H.H. Langley” for obvious
es et ee reasons. H.H. was a prolific potter working (I'm guessing)
ss SSS Bz well into the early eighties. This potter was somewhat heavy
. oo handed (ie, the pots are sometimes thick and very solid), but
=. z often achieved fabulous gloopy thick (sometimes crawling)
=" glazes; and was particularly adept at wax resist, often with
a : applied natural elements like ferns. I've seen thousands of

H.H. pots, and many of them still excite me even though

: “| I've had them for years.

The second I call "The AG Potter” (again for obvious
reasons). Also prolific, this person seems ONLY to have
created enormous numbers of small boxes and candlestick
holders. 1970s?

Potters 3 and 4 come from the same place or studio, I
suspect. I wondered for awhile if they were Babyland potters
(ie., Roberts Creek). Both of these (fabulous) pitchers are
very similar in form, one is marked with an upper case
Roman "H", the other with an upper case Roman "J".
(I think I've seen a very similar pitcher marked with an
upper case Roman "A", too. Must be Roberts Creek?).

Any help that you could provide in tracking down the identities of
any or all of these mystery potters would be much appreciated! If you
have any information that may help in our quest, please email Laura
at the gallery at galleryofbcceramics@bcpotters.com.

Continued on Page 8, Mystery potters

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