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Welcome to 1996, marking a mere forty one years since a
group of intrepid potters formed our guild. I'd like to wish

‘yi all members, past, present and future a happy non ‘S’
cracked New Year. December passed in a blur of getting
ready for sales, a week of binging on poultry and
chocolate and then it was time to do the newsletter. I'm
sure that it's December and not February that is the
shortest month of the year, perceptually, anyway! There
was a bleary moment, shortly before | entered the polar
bear swim, when | firmly swore never to touch another
chocolate. I've since amended that vow to the more
reasonable resolution that | will never let another morsel
of fruit cake cross my lips. My favourite gift this year was
a couple of bowls by D'Arcy Margesson and a
subscription to Contact magazine.

4 A big bouquet of cerebral flowers to George Brandon,
Pat Taddy, Rosemary Amon, & Heather Cairns who
donate a couple of hours of their lives each month to stuff
envelopes, lick stamps (yummy), and ensure that you get

4 your newsletter, And welcome to Fredi Rahn, CBC
celebrity potter who is joining our merry band of mailers.
She recently appeared on Momingside or was that
Gabereau? Too much chocolate and video viewing has
caused long term memory damage, | suspect.

New Year is a time of good intentions that often falter.
A convenient segue into my failed intention to write
thankyou letters of great depth and charm to all you

potters who found time in your crazed schedules to
write articles for the newsletter, Realistically
speaking, it's not going to happen. So, THANK
¥Ou!

To any potential writers out there | would Jove to
get a few articles on your daily lives (eg. Meg
Buckley's article last month), some musings on why
we do it and some tales of technical problem
solving.

Also, as |'m trying not to use photographs (they
reproduce 50 poorly) I'd like to use sketches from
your notebooks for the cover of the Newsletter.
There are, after all, only s0 many copynght -expired
18th & 19th century images of potters available to
me. You can send me a photocopy of one of your
favourite pages, don't worry about size as i can
shrink it or blow it up as needed,

Reminders; if you haven't paid your guild fee this Is
the last issue we can send you until you do. Jane
tells me that would be about 300 of us, including
myself!

The Annual General Meeting will be held Friday,
May the 3rd,

Karen Opas

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Potters Guild of B.C. Newsletter

« The Newsletter is published 10 times yearly as an information link with our members. Submissions of articles, letters

* and anything else are gladly welcomed and should be submitted to the guild office by the 27th of any month. Fax

* Number is (604) 669-5627.

a = Editor Karen Opas
* General Manager. Jane Matthews
* Editorial Board; Tam Irving, Gilltan McMillan, Carol Mayer

= Gallery Assistants: Darlene Naime, Julia Maika, Christine Loch, Tamara Gall anc Melanie Corbin

: 1996 Membership Fees (Based on Calendar Year Only)

Individual: $35.00
Seniors/Fulltime Students: $20.00

Advertising Rates: Full Page:

Unclassified Rates: Members;

1/2 page or 1 column
1/4 page or 1/2 column $40.00

Non-members; Up to 3 lines
each following line

institutions/Groups/Corporations: $70.00
Family or Studio (max. 4 persons): $50.00

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« Board of Directors: President: Keith Rice-Jones; Vice-President: Linda Doherty; Treasurer; Pat Taddy;

= Secretary: June MacDonald; Directors: Tam Irving, Carol Mayer, Gillian McMillan, Ron Vallis, John Cloutier, Fay

* Hickey, Darrel Hancock, Karen Opas