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Editor’s Notes

re Wene oo a fine celebrarnon of Sally
Michener’s quarter century of teaching ux
Emily Cart last night. The room was
overrun with potters, most of whom had
first set hands on clay under Sally's aegis.
She will be missed as a ceacher, but will
now have moge time to devote to her own
artistic production. I left before one of the
rumored highlights of the evening, a serip
show by one of our more respected clay
fellows, who was reliving his wild youth. Ic
must have been all those body reference
terms, as the pottery talk flew chick and
fast! And che cake, a co-operanve effort by
fifteen students, had co be seen to be
beliewed...

=** A large part of John Reeve's ceramic
collection was sold this month. He had
pots from. che moase illustrious potters of the
Anglo-Japanese tradition of St. Ives;
Bernard Leach, Stroji Hamada, Walter
Keeler, Ruth Duckworth. Lucy Rue,
Michael Cardew, Svend Bayer and many
more, [t seems a bic of a shame chat no
generous donor came forth to buy the
collection whole and present it to one of
the local museums. It would have been a
fine teaching tool for many generations of
potters yet to come. Bur there must be
some very happy purchasers our there,
clutching their mewly acquired pots to
delighted bosoms.

: Potter’s Guild of B.C. Newsletter website: www.margaretdesign.com/pguild!

; The Newsletter is published 10 times yearly as an information link for members, Submissions of articles, letters and
* anything else of interest are happily received and should be submitted by the 2nd Wednesday of any month. Unelassifieds and

"lh you huve any seconds you wane to
donate to our “Too good for the Shard
Pile” sale, and are planning to attend che
Potters’ Social at Capilano College on
May 27, please bring your pots to the
Social for pick-up. You can also drop
chem off at the gallery any time or give
me a call at 874-7116. We want to held
this in che second or third week of June,
furds raised will po towards some much
needed capital expendicures.

Karen Opas

“Made of Clay” Book

Update

In the last few weeks we have been
negotiating an offer made by Douglas
Melntyre to help us publish the book. As
[ write this, final figures and dates have
not been set, but [ wanted to keep the
participants and members informed. We
will have more details available ar che
AGM. Some of the details we have
determined are:

165 Pages

Hard Cover + Full colour dust jacker
Retail price: $39.95

Book will be listed in the D & M Fall
Catalogue

Book published Seprember 1998

: articles may be edited for space needs. The fax number is 604/669 - 5627.

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« Editor: Karen Opas General Manager: Jane Matthews Editorial Board: Rosemary Amon, Heather Cairns, Gillian McMillan, Frank Turco
* Gallery Assistants: Julia Maika, Christina Loch, Melanie Corbin, Monica Brisson-Arce, Sandra Ferguson

re 1997 Membership Fees (Based on Calendar Year):

® Individual: $40

7 Seniors/Full time Students: $25

« Inseicutions! Groups / Corporations: $80
® Family or Scudio (max. 4 persons): $55

[SSN #: 6319 812X

Full Page: $130 LZ page: $65

14 Page: 540 Business Card Size $25
Unclassified Rates (mot including GST)
Members: FREE

Nenamembers: 3 lines $8 each additional line: $2

Board of Directors: President: Ron Vallis; Treasurer: Janet Turpin; Secretary: Gillian McMillan; Directors: John Cloutier, Linda
Doherty, Fay Hickey, June MacDonald, Aaron Nelson, Debra Sloan, Deborah Tibbel, Laura van der Linde, Frank Turco,

Email: bepguildi@intouch.be.ca

Advertising Rates (not including GST):

We have raised enough funds for
production costs bur still meed te raise
enough to pay che printing costs. Por this
reason we will be preselling copies of che
book at a discount.

Members and others may pre-pay for
books ata 15% discount ($34) for 1 - 4
books, and at a 20% discount ($32) for 5-
10 books.

This offer will expire prior to the book
launching.

After that che pnce to everyone will be
$39.95

[f you are planning to sell the book out of
your studio or shop, mow is che time to
place your wholesale order. To help pay
for printing costs (without burdening the
Guild with a loan), we require a payment
with your order. Minimum of LI books at
a 40% discount. Contact Linda at
604/420 - 0415.

Sample pages will be on view ac che
AGM, and ac the Made of Clay Pottery
Sale in May.

You may prepay for your books ar che
Gallery of BC Ceramics, ac the Made of
Clay Pottery Sale, at Mudslinger Clay
Studias, by phone (669 - 5645) with
eredit card or by mailing in che order
form on page 4.

Linda Doherty