drums - jugglers, pony rides, smiles, happy visitors, dried cut
haypy craftsman, people buying - some turning on to crafts for the
first time. Everyone seemed to be far out - little old ladies and
families sitting on @ rug round a fire drinking tea from raku tea
bowls (fired at Oyama in an all clay kiln that was pregnant). A
girl like Mary-with-a-lamb, weaving raw wool belts, A goat,
fresh milk - a dream coming true for all those who worked so hard
for so long. The village pump - the wishing well - the town cryer
with hls bell, ‘Hear yee, hear yee; Theatre on Stage; the stage

3 storey, yes, made from the relics of old long gone Vancouver
houses. An old plano ina field, playing minstrels - salmon bake,
good vibes, lots of good food. Lots of good pottery getting sold
and traded - an awareness of crafts, s0 many done by young
people - 4 generation gap being bridged - thru the skill of one's
hands - older craftsmen happy; an old timer doing his thing, telling
his story, enjoying It all. Everyone slowed down to an old time
Faire, No cars, no garbage people saying: Hope it happens again
- and it will.

When the Falre organizers do make a profit they hope to buy land for
&@ permanent craft village. All those who worked so hard to put this
Faire together did something great for all of us - potters, weavers
or whatever, Many people are turning on to pottery and this was a
beautiful way to turn them on.

Pauline Hanbury

HAL RIEGGER PRIMITIVE POTTERY WORKSHOP, Aug,3-7

The week-end of Aug, ist & end brought 4 steady stream of primitive
potters checking ln from such far flung places as Nova Scotia to
Southern California and Northern B,C, By starting time Monday mom-
ing 17 were accounted for. We worked at a disused mill site situated
at the head of Oyster Bay (near Ladysmith) - a site which provided us
with a couple of acres of work area, clay, old metal, mountains of
wood and sawdust and a few shade treas = in short, everything we
needed,

Unlike the raku workshops with which many may now be familiar, the
buliding of the kiln wasn't the first project. After the usual start
Monday morning of getting to know fellow students and the site and

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