arrived. We unfortunately are temperarily without a home, as the
property on which the studio was located was recently sold, and
although the School Board have offered us accommodation in the
old school dormitory currently being converted into a Resource
Centre, it will not be ready for sometime. We are most grateful
to Mr, and Mrs L. Milner for the use of their building over the
past two years: it made the foundation of the society possible.

It has been agreed that, whenever funds become available, we
should purchase books for a Library for the use of members.
Members were asked to suygest books which they feel would be

beneficial to the club.
P. H. Mahon

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Helga and Jan Grove

The studio of Jan and Helga Grove is at 2218 Sooke Rd. , Victoria,
B,.C,, but much mud passed over many wheels before they es-

tablished themselves there some 5 years ago. Born in Hamburg,
Germany, the son of a potter and sculpter, Jan had an early start
in the world of ceramics. For 8 years he studied in his parents’
studio {n Lubeck and graduated in 1956 as a master potter from
the Fine Arts Academy in Stuttgart, Germany. Before leaving his
homeland in 1960, he had been employed as a designer in sever-
al pottery studios, operated his own studio and was appointed
Master Assessor of the Examination Committee for the pottery
crafts of the Chamber of Trade in Lubeck and Flensburg.

In commenting on the mural commissions he worked on with his
parents, Jan points out that by law, in several European coun-
tries, 2% of the total cost of a new civic building has to be spent
on some form of art work such as sculpture, paintings, etc.,
thus encouraging and supporting the art community.

By 1960 Jan had not only gained much experience in the world of
ceramics, he'd also gained a wife and family. Prior to their
marriage, Helga had studied at the senior Grove studio in Lubeck
for 3 years, graduating as an assistant of Art Pottery. From
there she went to study at the School of Textile design in

aaa Germany, under Professor George Muche, a teacher of
28.