The Potters Guild of B.C. NEWSLETTER is published 10 times a year. Submissions are welcome, and should be in the Guild office by the last Friday of the month. Material may be edited for publication. | Managing Editor: Jan Kidnie. Editorial Committee: Bob Kingsmill, Laurel McGregor, Hiro Urakami, Nathan Rafla, Anne Flecthar. Mailing: Jobst Frohberg, Rosemary Amon. Advertising rates: $75.00 full page: $40,00 half page: $25.00 quarter page; business card $15.00; classified $5.00 for 3 lines; additional lines #2.00 each All ads must be prepaid. The Potters Guild of B.C. membership is $20.00- individuals, $30.00-groups, January to January. See application form elsewhere in this issue. Board of Directors: Sam Kwan, Pres., Tam Irving. Vice-Pres.: Nathan Rafla, Secretary, Kathryn Youngs, Treas.; Theota Dancer, Bob Kingsmill, June MacDonald, D'Arcy Margesson, Cherie Markiewicz, Elsa Schamis, Terry Ryals & Ron Tribe, The finished pot on the tile can then be removed all together, without doing any wire cutting of the base al this point, so that pouring slip ts facilitated. without damaging the pot. The wooden bat also does not have to be replaced for every piece, but serves as on ongoing working surface. Sounds wonderful. Don also had some suggestions regarding record keeping. He photographs his work before it goes out of the studio, in slide and print format, both. The Photos are kept in an alburn with (eventual) owner identified, and so. as the year passes by, he has an annual record of his work. To take photos, he sug- fests acquiring old window blinds of various colours at garage sales, and using them as instant backdrops. They can also be painted and mounted over a photo table for easy reference and use. To transport his ware, he buys boxes in 3 sizes from the PBM Pizza Box Maker Ltd. of south Vancouver. If things gct slow, you can always go into the home delivery business! Following Don's presentation, an interesting discus- sion followed of the changes in ceramics over the last 20 years: from purpose, to accessibility, to the real value of one's work, The evening was a good reminder to us all that we need these sessions to talk and laugh with our fellow potters and to maintain contacts in the ceramic community. We thank Don for his participa- tion, a LTE fews ! Richtee Nef Kiel eH ostwa! It is hoped that a meeting with a guest speaker will be WILL GvE A WoicSHOP Sot THE Swit 0 esfifae == litldinearly December. You willbe sentanannounce- “SCULPTURAL APP ReACH To PoTTery! aT cad, ment of exact date and time, if it can be arranged. Thelviaay Zoo Bish Atoree “ee DCE St! GUILD MEETING REPORT A good-sized gathering of 35 people met at the Guild on Thursday evening, the 26th, to hear Don Hutchin- son, potter and instructor In the WWC Langara Ce- ramic Department. Don shared his wry and interest- ing observations on his development as a cerarnic artist, doling out equal portions of hints, humour and inspiration along the way. He notes that a trip to Europe several years ago and his resulting exposure to all kinds of ancient and contemporary ceramics has had a profound effect on him. Since his move from stoneware to lower tem- perature ware, he has learned to relax and have fun in his work, Possibly the potential and limitations of the earthenware clay and the decoration by slip pouring and trailing, and carving and writing on the surface have a “built-in” freeing effect. In any case, it is wonderful to see, Don offered a few hints, along with showing slides of | his work, that those of you working in earthenware may find useful. The necessity of handling the ware while still damp for slip work forced Don to develop a bat system for the wheel that might be useful in many areas. He keeps a stack of 6" by 6" unglazed commercial ceramic tiles by the wheel, and as he throws, he does so on one of these tiles held in place by pieces of wood of equal height nailed onto the bat. MOTHERHOOD Don Hutechinsan