VANCOUVER ISLAND REPORT

In the first quiet months of the New Year when others relax, Potters
everywhere are busy replenishing their stock after the holiday rush.

The Victoria potters organized a successful pre-Christmas sale of
their work at the Art Gallery. We hope that perhaps next year this
can be extended to represent the whole Island.

Up and down it's three hundred miles, potters work alone with little
opportunity to compare and talk pots. Mrs Zellah Clements at Twin
Beaches on Galiano Island is an example of individual effort. From
her house overlooking the sea, she sells her earthenware pottery and
also supplies an outlet in Nanaimo. In the beginning she used local
clay, but as her market grew, and the number of their cottages for
rent grew, it was too time-consuming. Recently she has become
interested in Mosaics and now has orders for decorative panels in
several new houses.

We welcome two new members to the Western Potters. Mrs
Burchett in Tofino .. one of whose pots was bought by a friend of
mine; Mrs Slessor at Ladysmith was a pupil of Hilda Ross some
years ago at U. B.C. Summer School. After a bout with illness she
is equipping a studio and beginning again.

The 16th Vancouver Island Jury exhibition of Painting, Sculpture
and the Graphic Arts, begins at The Victoria Gallery on April 19th,
Further information on submitting entries will be in the next
Gallery Bulletin and the newspapers.

Mr. Colin Graham hopes to have an Island-wide arts and crafts
show in the fall. This is still in the planning stage.

Gerry Weld, Khenipsen Rd., R.R.1.,
Duncan, B.C.

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