Paul Davis Workshop

Shadbolt Centre for the Arts
Hurry! Early bird price ends January 15

Don't miss this chance to see a 2-day lecture/demonstration with Australian potter Paul Davis. Paul worked and taught in Australia
for over 20 years, before embarking on an apprenticeship at the esteemed Saka Koraizaemon Pottery in Japan, which is renowned
for its Tea Ceremony ware. He spent 6 years at Hagi, earning acceptance into the 12th generation of the hereditary ceramic tradi-
tion there. Paul currently heads the Sturt Craft Centre Pottery at Mittagong, in New South Wales, where he has helped to re-ener-
gize the ceramics department. He has developed a line of domestic ware, which is produced at Sturt, as well as overseeing the
construction of two new wood kilns. Paul's current work is seen as a collaboration of Japanese and Australian ceramic traditions,
produced with a fresh perspective. During the workshop, Paul will be giving a slide/video presentation, as well as demonstrating
techniques in both throwing and handbuilding, along with finishing and glazing methods.

Check out the upcoming article about Paul Davis in the next edition of Ceramics: Art and Perception (no. 58), for an in-depth look
at this celebrated potter. (This article was E-mailed to BC Potters Guild Members.)

This workshop is being presented in cooperation with The Potters Guild of BC, The Northwest Ceramics Foundation, the Fraser
Valley Potters Guild and the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts.

February 12th & 13th 10am-4pm
Barcode: 67403

Early bird price before January 15th is $85.60 (incl. GST) for Members of the Potters guild of BC, or
$96.30 for non-members. After January 15th, $96.30 for members and $107.00 for non-members

The Guild's 50th Anniversary

“Big Show" Making History: 1955-2005- The Potters Guild of BC at 50

The exhibition will be held at the Burnaby Art Gallery from archival records so it is important that everyone making
August 9 - September 11, 2005 in the main floor galleries. pots should be part of this. The information will also be
The exhibition will be broken down into two sections: put on a CD for sale to members and the public.

@ Celebrating our beginnings with examples of the early pot- B) The Juried Show will include works that represent the
tery. These will be exhibited alongside photographs and Guild at 50, through work and variety of working spaces.
videos of the potters who tell their stories of pottery in BC. The number of pieces exhibited will be determined by
It will include a recognition of the 25th Anniversary space limitations at the Burnaby Art Gallery. Send your
Exhibition (1980) as a milestone in our history. entry to the Potters Guild of BC/

@ The major contemporary section will illustrate the diversity @ Application deadline is March 1st 2005
and significance of pottery in BC in 2005 as reflected in @ There is an entry fee of $20 and you should include a
the work of Guild members and the places in which they stamped, addressed envelope for the return of slides.
work. @ Must be a member in good standing as of Jan 1st 2005

The contemporary section will be subdivided into two main @ ABC resident for 1 year

themes: @ Work must be from this century - ie since 2000

A) Source Books. These books will provide comprehensive @ You may enter up to 3 pieces. Submit 1-3 (35mm) slides

January 2005

information on potters working in BC. They will be in the
exhibition to read. All Guild members will have the oppor-
tunity to be part of this record by submitting photographs

of work and artists’ statements. Al Sather will be coordinat-
ing this and will have additional information on how to do
this. The Source Books will become part of the Guild's

of each piece.(DO NOT SEND ACTUAL WORK ) As
jurors will be selecting from the slide please ensure that
these are of the highest possible quality: Indicate name, size,
material, method and date piece was made.

Keith Rice-Jones

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