GALLERY REPORT

Summer fs over and this one was the busiest we've
had, My thanks to all Gallery artists who have
worked incredibly hard, and have responded to my
Tequests for “more”! Congratulations to Lorel
Sternig, Mary Fox, Marion Gustavson, and Made-
leine Whittington whose work had been juried into
the Gallery,

Our current exhibition is featuring Nathan Rafla
and David New. Try to make the trek to the Island
to see their work.

As I'm away for six weeks starting October 20,
until November 30, Margaret McClelland will be
taking over for me during that time.

Coralie Tohance
Manager

GALLERY SCHEDULE

Contemporary Raku with Many Fox, Gordon Reisig.
Robin Righton and Geoff Searle. These established
artisans will be featuring their latest work tn raku.
Opening: October 17, 7:30 p.m. until November 6.

Content and Context: Jer McBride, Bill Rennie,
and Ron Sawatsky. Thoughtful, sculptural pieces
made of clay. Opening: November 7, 7:30 p.m.,
until November 27.

Special-for-Christmas Deadline for jurying work
to sellin the Gallery: November 26. We request a
typed biography of training, six pieces (or slides
from out-of-towners, clearly marked with tech-
nique, Measuremerits and name). If accepted, one
must be a member to sell in the Gallery.

OPPORTUNITY:

From the Sublime to the ..... (Mug Show):
January 31, 1989 to February 12. Opening Janu-
ary 30, 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m., Gallery of B.C.
Ceramics. Open to members, non-members, out-
of-towners, etc,, to submit two or three mugs or
cups to this unjuried exhibition. Write: “Attention:
Mug Show" on box. Tag each piece with your
name, iriventory numbers and price. Deadline:
Sunday, January 29, 5:00 p.m.

(west jurying deadline: October 15.)

GALLERY REVIEW

The Gallery's first show of the fall season was
organized in conjunction with Craftweek. Juctith
Burke offered some wonderful large platters
perched on difficult raised feet. Connie Glover's
pieces of varying ages of altered thrown forms had
blushes of deep reds, grays, and blacks from a
lower temperature sagger-firing process. Here were
soft focus with diffused “decoration”.

Mark Lawrence (best known in the past for his
functional salt-glazed ware) created porcelain pieces
strongly influenced by Japanese forms. White-
glazed and soft cobalt decorative motifs on irregu-
lar-shaped flat dishes were indicative of this
influence, Steve Webster astounded the viewer with
his sliced bowls glued with glass or plexiglas.

Other raku bowls were pierced with nails and fired
with a variety of materials later. Andrew Wong
surprised me with his lovely yellow, blue, and
glazed porcelain bowls. Two of these bowls had
leaping dolphins on the rim.

Overall, an excellent selection to view during
Craftweek and the show's duration.

Our second exhibition was that of Dawid New and
Nathan Rafla. Both are newcomers to exhibiting,
and at this time both are working in low-fire clay.

David New displayed tall cylindrical, hand-built
vessels that had been sand-blasted and glazed with
carbon-trapping white raku glaze. Bumpy, rough,
yet light in appearance, they created quite an effect
clustered together on plinths. In contrast, were
Nathan Rafla's soft, thrown honey-glazed raku
forms, the glaze varying due to the raku firing to
reveal carbon trapping, crazing and tone variations.
Carrying the theme of low-fire work, he presented
lightly decorated majolica bowls, mugs, bakers, and
jugs. The show had a good variety of vessel forms
and indicated the way a vessel form can be utilized:
sculpturally, decoratively, and functionally.

Cherie Markiewicz

NOTA BENE

Guild membership now runs January to January.
Those of you renewing in the next several months
will be credited for '89 ,and fees are overdue after
January ist.

Library is open Fridays 2 - 4 p.m. and prior to
monthly meetings at 7 p.m,