Blue Bowl

Clay hauled from the alder grove
where the first spring's well went in
was wedged, wheeled & ovened into an ultimate blue bow! -
Brace turned with a potter's love
& firm fingers an artist's given
by that certainty only committed craftsmen hold.

Glazed a late April blue
by fire staged for height & length
the kitn's night watcher kept at reds— then a yellow & white dance—
the shell cooled to its glacial hue,
gleaming its maker's eye & strength—
though essentially, too, a child of the wildest chance.

Henry 5S, Maas

Reprinted , with permission from the author, and thanks to Hiro Urakami, from
Henry 5. Maas, “Tide Pools & Swoosh Holes”, Wallace Crescent Press, Vancouver, (988.
Available through Duthie’s and Banyan Books,

Workshops (cont'd)

Graeme Allemeersch

FIRED UP! offers a workshop in sculptural ceramics
with Chuck Wissinger, head of the Ceramics Program
at Red Deer College in Alberta, on Saturday and
Sunday, June 3rd and 4th, from 10 am - 4 pm at
Camosun College in Victoria. Fees are $40, $20 for
students. Phone Arlene Yarnell at 474-2697, eve-
nings, or 474-2676 during the day for further infor-
mation. Address: Box 7, Matheson Lake Road, RR#
2, Victoria, B.C. V9B 5B4

CONNECTIONS AND ALTERNATIVES, an Interna-
tional Ceramic Seminar is presented by Leisure
Learning Services at the Alberta College of Ari, Cal-
gary, on May 26, 27, and 28. Featured faculty include
Robert Archambeau, Sally Barbier, Dennis Evans,
Anne Hirondelle, Harlan House, Paul Mathieu, Karen
Pavey, Jane Pelser, and Rudy Turk, Continucus
demonstrations, tours, films and lectures, and a
reception/dance are included in the $115 fee (before
May 1st) $145 after May |. Contact Evelyn Grant,
(403) 229-9408,

Malaspina College in Nanaimo offers its spring work-
shops on April 29th with a good number of well-
known B,C. ceramic artists, See yellow information
and registration sheet enclosed with this newsletter!