The Potters Guild of B.C.
NEWSLETTER

is published 10 times a year as a
service to the Membership, Sub-
Missions 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, Hiro Urakami, Nathan
Rafla.

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Savita Kshatrija, Gillian McMillan,
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Ilbership is $20.00-individuals,
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cember, See application form else-
where in this issue.

Potters Guild 199] Board of
Directors: Tam Irving, President:
D'Arcy Margesson, Vice President:
June MacDonald, Secretary:
Dena WNabata, Treasurer:
Rosemary Amon, Bob Kingsmill.

Elwin Lowe, Nathan Rafla,
| besor Rahn, Terry Salmoto,
Elsa Schamls, Debra Sloan.

Staff: Jan Kidnle, Guild Office
Administrator, Coralie Triance,
Manager, and Lea Price, Aselatant
Gallery of B.C.Ceramics.

PAUL MATTHIEU WORKSHOP REPORT

Paul Mathieu opened his mid-February
workshop at Emily Carr College with an
apology that what he does would not be
very exciting to watch, and that we
should feel ree to interrupt him at any
Ume. Not really knowing what to expect,
and myself unfamiliar with his work the
20—odd members of us in attendance
gradually got inte the exchange as Paul
worked in a very simple and unhurried
manner to make a “quilted” teapot with
fle crust thin little slabs, making a soft
and fluffy form while reflecting on the
nature of selling yourself to gallery as an
artist and all that that may mean. 1] was
surprised to see how the little slices of P-
600 held together with such a simple
slip and pinch treatment As the sepa-
rate parks, body, spout, lid, handle, stiff-
ened up and were assembled, a playful
yel still plausible and nicely balanced
form was there holding together sur-
priaingely well for all of its lighthy-tacked-
in-place look.

And then, prepared!, out of nowhere
emerged a very similar, yet different
version of the same teapot already high

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Dear Jan. |

Anew membership will likely be in |
the making soon, and sadhy,{ must |
ask you to delete my husband,
Arthur's, name. He died on Decem-
ber 24, 1960.

Art cared a great deal about the
Potters Guild and worked hard to
| keep tl going during tls cifficult che-
| veloping years.
| Sincerely,

Johann E. Polberg

WORKING COMMITTEES

The following committecs have been es-
tablished for the coming year and you
are encouraged te contact the chair if
you have any suggestions or ideas,

Finance Committee: Dona Nabata,
Chalr—222-2927, June MacDonald

C.A.B.C. Rep: Debra Sloan—736-3039

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fired with a clear glaze. Later that after-
noon this was lustred and aa several of
us passed around the Lustre Resist and
peered closely at the tiny bottles, Paul
worked on, our questions never getting
very technical, very personal, or very
much in the way of his progress.

Swifthanded and unhurriesd, sometimes
waving the brush in his hand around as
his discussion grew animated; in good
Ume the teapot was filled in patch by
patch with the amelhy overglaze filma,
By the next moming the piece came
back finished with its bright, shiny,
multi-coloured sections of patchwork,
many more colours than we would have
imagined. Along with the teapot, Paul
had quickly pieced together cups and
saucers in the same easy way, the sau-
cers being slumped over curved foam
malda.

On Sunday, large stoneware alab and
cylinder “torso forms” were the next to
be demonstrated; pieced together, cut
and rejoined by sensious curves from
tight slabs prepared Saturday. Every-
body makes slabware differently. Paul's
twist that waa new for me was to Lift and
re-slam the sheets of clay having
ameothed aut garbage bag plastic tightly
over the slabs to prevent stretching and
tearing while being flipped.

Paul brought along slides of his past
work and showed the evolution of the
complexly glaze-painled pieces that he
has become famous for. His working
processes and methods became clear
and [ found myself really liking what he
Was up to. complexity and simplicity
once again. Several days would be spent
Glazing a work complex in intellectual
atlituce, personal. very carefully worked.
oul, sometimes sumptuous, always in-
teresting, There were, upon reflection, a
falr number of things going on. Art

(Continued on page §)

Workshops, Studie &: Rosemary Amon,
Chair—291-0741, Terry Saimoto,
Dave Dobie

Publications: Elsa Schamis, Chair—
526-1271. Elwin Lowe, Heb
Kingsmill, Nathan Rafla, Fredi Rabo

Exhibition Committee: Tam Irving,
Chair—687-2345, Debra Sloan,
Elsa Scharmils

Gallery Committer: D'Arcy Margessorn,
Chair—s75-1884, Debra Sloan

Selections and Awards Committer:
Nathan BRafla, Chalr—732-45 186,
Bob Kingsmill, Rosemary Amon, and
Awards—June MacDonald

Library Committee: Fred) Rahn,
Chalr—732-7065,D'Arcy

Margesson

March, 1991