COLUMBIA

JUDY WEEDEN
POTTERY

WORKSHOP
ON SALTSPRING ISLAND
July 14 - 26, 2008

A time for total immersion in the
creative process for students seriously
committed to working with clay.
Students at any level of experience
will find invaluable stimulation. Focus
is on form, aesthetics, and decoration.

LOCATION:

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DO - U - RAKU?

The PGBC is looking for volunteers
to assist in our U-2-Can Raku Event
which takes place on Granville Island
on July 1, 2008. This is the guild’s
largest fundraiser of the year where,
for a small fee, the general public can
glaze and fire a raku piece to take
home with them.

Lolli Cook has been hired as our
Event Coordinator and now we're
looking for volunteers to work with
her at the event to do: set up and
take down of tables and ware, sales
and collection of money, glazing, and
firing. Lolli hopes to train a few of us
in raku so that we might do the event
without her in the future.

If you like to raku, want to learn
how or enjoy working with children,
the guild would love to have you
participate! Bring a friend. The more
the merrier! For more info contact:

Donna Partridge @ 604-876-1120
or donnapartridge@telus.net

Tool of the Month by Craig Charlesworth, Greenbarn

Having a hard
time finding a

good trimming
tool these days?
‘Try getting in the
groove while
youre trimming with this new tool!

Groovy Tools is a new company
started by potter Susan Burge and
her engineer husband Dave
Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, and they
are making the newest generation of
sharp and funky trim tools. ‘They are
comparable in price to other high end
tools, and fill a big void in the market
where Dolan Tools left off.

Susan and Dave explain that they
knew that their new tools needed to
be of the very highest quality and
that their focus was always to make
tools that would hold an edge. As a
result, these premium quality trim
tools feature a true tool-steel loop
that is hardened, tempered, and then

in

cryogenically treated to create a super
steel blade! The loop is 4” wide, and
sharp on both edges. ‘The overall
length of each tool is approximately
6-1/2” and the acetate handles are
covered with closed cell foam grips
for added comfort. The tools can be
re-sharpened for extra long life so you
can really get your value out of them.
With lively, brightly colored handles,
youll have a hard time losing these in
your recycle bucket.

These wonderful new tools are

currently made in four shapes
and new designs are being
considered. ‘They are available

now at Greenbarn Potters Supply.
More information can be found at:

http://groovy-tools.com/index.htm. a

Have you found—or made—the
perfect tool for your clay work? Share it
with the rest of us by writing an article
for this new feature.

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Greenbarn's catalogue is
now available online.
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www.geeenbarn.com

9548 192 Street,
Surrey, B.C. V4N 3R9
Phone: 604.888.3411
Fax: 604.888.4247

Ween Darn

POTTERS SUPPLY LTD.

Tuesday-Friday 9-5
Saturday 9-1

Closed Long Weekends
greenbam@telus.net

Potters Guild of BC Newsletter « April 2008