Sam Uhlick decorating a bowl

Canadian Clay Symposium 2007

Saturday, March 24, 2007 1s the date to mark on your calendars for the fourth
Canadian Clay Symposium. What a line-up we have for you this time: Karen
Burk of New Brunswick, Diane Creber of Ontario, Mark Hewitt of North
Carolina, U.S.A., Bob Kingsmill of B.C, Jeannie Mah of Saskatchewan,
Magdalene Odundo of England, Kinichi Shigeno of B.C. and Sam Uhlick
of Alberta. Get your spot early. Registration begins October 2, 2006. Call the

Shadbolt Centre for the Arts at 604.291.6864 for details. i

Presenter Profile: Sam Uhlick

Sam Uhlick has been a potter for over 30 years. In that time, his work
has been shown in dozens of national and international exhibitions, from
across North America, to England, Germany and Japan.

In his own words, Sam says that he feels “lucky to have found
something that I love to do when I was so young and to still enjoy it after
all these years.” The following statement was one written for Canada’s
Exhibition at the 2000 World’s Fair in Hanover, Germany, to go with a
place-setting of his pottery. It is a statement which still holds true for him:

The Dusted and the Washed

If all the ceramics were divided into two groups, those objects that are
dusted and those pots that are washed. Almost all of mine would end
up in the kitchen sink. I love the way functional pottery can enhance the
food and drink that it serves. The feel, form and colour of pottery, the
touch of cup to the lips, all have an enriching (and important!) effect on
daily life.

I don’t attempt to create perfection, but I do try to achieve beauty in

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LINDA ARBUCKLE

Decorative Majolica
Workshop
Sept. 30 - Oct.1, 2006

Linda Arbuckle, internationally
acclaimed ceramic artist will
demonstrate majolica-glazed
functional pottery.

Metchosin Int'l Summer
School of the Arts

650 Pearson College Drive
Victoria, BG V8G 4HT

eu 391-2420
missam@pearsoncollege.ca
WWw.missa.ca

function. In the more than 25 years that
I have been a potter, I have made about
50,000 pots: cups, bowls, plates, teapots,
etc. These are the kinds of pots that I want
people to use.

Sam Uhlick, January 2000
During the 2007 Canadian Clay

Symposium, Surfacing, Sam will show
slides of his workshop, including the

various stages of his work cycle such

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as mixing clay, testing and throwing,
decorating and setting
up for sales. He will also
demonstrate throwing
techniques and generally
attempt to describe what

he does and why. cr

POTTERS

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