Editor's Note: Due to a technical ghitch, we didnt notice that the end of the article about Elaine Brewer-White in the March issue was not printed.

Here it is.

Elaine Brewer White - concluded

TheatreSports taught me the art of
storytelling. It changed my attitudes
towards everything. It was momentous
for me. It taught me how to be a
spontaneous thinker. I use
improvisational thinking in my work a
great deal.

Brewer-White creates spontaneously, but
purposefully. Her techniques have been
perfected over 20 years as a ceramic artist.

“T made my own clay for years, and then
found Laguna WSO, white body clay with
a wide firing range. It has the most plas-
ticity of any clay I know, and it’s very
strong. Everything I build is without ar-
matures and I ask a lot of the clay. A sin-
gle piece has parts varying in thickness be-
tween 4” to 2”. I bisque the work to
cone 03 then paint with acrylics and
enamel in multiple layers. At the moment,

By Janis Foster

I choose not to use glazes because I have
more control over the colour variations.
The right colour choices make or break a

piece.”

Recognition and wonderment are typical
responses to pieces by Brewer-White. Her
“Every Mar’ bodies, bordering on carica-
ture, are ones we can all connect with —
lines and wrinkles, lumpy hips, knobby
knees, gnarled hands, bumpy feet, reced-
ing chins, too-big teeth, silly grins. And
their sentiments resonate as we recognize
our own illusions of grandeur, poignant
yearnings, secret loves and. improbable
dreams.

Provocative social commentary underlies
the playfulness. Brewer-White seeks to
reveal the divine comedy of life: laughter
and tears, euphoria and pathos, introspec-
tion and extroversion.

“T always work towards promoting an up-
lifting attitude. My work is designed. to
make you laugh amd think. At first the
viewer may only see one thing, but there's
always an underlying intent. I like my art
to have an ‘ah hah’ moment.”

“T think because of the humor in my work
I have been excluded from some exhibi-
tions. I have learned. to accept this, be-
cause this is what I do. I feel lucky to make
my living doing what I love.”

“T think humor is the best way to bridge
problems, to move forward, to help other
people. I think humor can have many lay-
ers. When we laugh about something, we
are in the moment.”

Elaine Brewer- White works out of Laugh-
ing Mona Art Studio in Fort Langley. Her
work is featured in galleries in Canada and
the U.S. and is collected worldwide.

Canadian Clay Symposium ‘Reinventing the Wheel’

March 20th 2004

There is a great collaboration and committee that makes
the Canadian Clay Symposium such a wonderful clay day
for us all. First, Ud like to mention this hard working com-
mittee. They are Sandra Ramos, Carole Clancey, Ariel
Rhodes, Connie Glover, Rachelle Chinnery, Sharon Reay,
Darrel Hancock, Linda Doherty, Jay MacLellan and my-
self. Dave Dobie from Greenbarn coordinates all the booths
too. They make the time to make this day possible and I
am so grateful to them all.

Greenbarn and The Mad Potter donate clay and we thank
them and all the booths for the prizes as well. The Cooks
Studio Food Services did a great job of feeding us lunch.
John Clutesi and Richard Rheaume are to be congratu-
lated on their East Vancouver Cooking School programme.
Origins provided organic, free trade coffee and Canadian
Springs donated the water.

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The North West Ceramic Foundation has enabled this sym-
posium to be a reality. Seriously, they freely provide us with
their non-profit status that we require to be able to function
and give us full support in our enterprise. We are proud. to
be able to offer the mug wall as a fundraiser for the North
West Ceramic Foundation’s Maureen Wright Scholarship
Fund. We have a great relationship with the Shadbolt Cen-
tre for the Arts. This conference could not happen without
the facility and technicians the Centre provides for us. The
BC Potters Guild is also an integral part of this team - even
providing dinner on Saturday night!

We hope that you thoroughly enjoyed your day, rekindled.
old friendships and made new ones, plus learned lots. Thanks
for bringing such great pots to the “Ceramic Roadshow’,
your mug(s), and for being a part of the symposium. It’s
been great. See you in 2006!

Cathi Jefferson, Canadian Clay Collective

April 2004