bowis, vases and mirrors and was very successful in the
Gallery.

A reminder that September 30th is the deadline for sub-
mission of Gallery Exhibit Proposals - the application
form can be found in last month's newsletter or is available
from the Gallery, Also, the annual membership-wide
Christmas show will be in December this year, There is
still no finalization of a tile, but the theme remains to be
something associated with the preciousness, giving, and
the magical air of the holiday season. Please contact Jane
al the Gallery (669-5645) for more information or regarding
delivery of work to the Gallery.

JANE MATTHEWS

CHAIRMAN'S CORNER

| hope everyone has enjoyed the paradox of a restful and
productive summer. For most people there is a change of
pace and activities even if it's going down to the fireworks
or sitting out on the deck with a few friends, a bottle of
wine, reluctant to let go of the last of a soft summer night.

AS a teacher my summer plans are full of all the pots |
never had time to de during the year. Like last summer, we
thought we might reorganize the studio space so it's more
efficient. However, the rest of life also backs up and there
was a path to lay, work to do on the house, fruit to can and
visitors to find beds and activities for. A few single days
out, a raft tip, 3 days on Galiano Island (staying with pot-
ters of course) and 2 days on the Tozan have to count as
our official holiday but as, | think it was Berard Leach or
Michael Cardew said, "Potters don't really need holidays.”

Although there is generally a Summer hiatus for the board,

- QUOTABLE GNOTES-

“Tt is inherent in our intellectual activity that we seek to
imprison reality in our description of it. Soon, long
before we realize it, it is we who become the prisoners
of the description...

Social institutions are what they do, not necessarily
what we say they do. It ts the verb that matters, not the

Wye becotiay symbol worshipers... Ia thers
circumstances the social and political realities we are
supposed to be grappling with change and reshape
themselves independently of the collective impact of our
ideas. We become the creature and no longer the
partner of social realities.” Ancurin Bevan in In Place
of Fear

things never come to 4 stop especially with staff holi-
days, changing exhibitions - the very special exhibition
by Yukio Yamamoto gamered greal interest and 2 pages
in the Vancouver Sun - and other ongoing activities.

( See separate article om board retreat.)

Karen Opas kindly volunteered to organize a roster for a
free booth space thal we had been given by the PNE -
an excellent opportunity for the Guild. After spending an
enormous amount of time on the phone, several cancel-
lations made it just untenable - a high proportion of yol-
unteers were board members who already volunteer
much time forthe guild. t's a difficult time for everyone
but it is a pity we couldn't take advantage of the offer. |
understand Karen has her own analysis elsewhere in the
newsletter, Thank you Karen,

Karen has expressed an interest iin running for the new
Vacancy on the board caused by the resignation of Dawn
McNamara over the summer, [f anyone else Is will
ing/interested they should contact either meorJan. The
position will complete the existing term of 18 months,
New positions will be up for election at the AGM, which
will have to be moved on a week if we want it to coincide
with Made in Clay. The board is always anxious for new
blood so eat lots of garlic,

A new initiative that has been discussed was to have a
mid-year Guild focus event between AGM’s. This year
the ideal event appeared to be the first firing of the Tozan
kiln. Planning for this was delayed as there wasn't a firm
date for the firing.

Many potters have been involved in the vanous stages of
the kiln, from materials salvage at Crane to physically
building in Nanaimo. (As | write, | have pieces in progress
for the firing.) | would like to say that without the vision of
Les Beardsley and the enormous time and dedication of
his family spearheading this project would never have
happened.

The first kiln is being opened Saturday, October 14, and
this would make an ideal festival time for potters from
across the province to collect their pots from this historic
firing or to be part of an event that celebrates the essence
of making pots. What better time to come together as a
guild. It is wery informal as far as the guild goes but there
will be a lot of other potters there and a lot of pots.

KEITH RICE-JONES

GUILD NEWS

We have received information from CABC that another

consignment craft shop has gone bankrupt and that the
trustee has seized the consigned articles as assets of the
company to be placed on sale to recover liabilities, CABC
advises that the only means for a crafts person to protect
their interests in consignment selling arrangements is to
complete 4 Personal Property Registry form provided by