Mr. Lance Stacey_ is the writer of this column and owner of
“"Relan Ceramic Studio". He is a small production potter, working in
all clay bedies, low, medium and high fire. He teaches in his studio
as well as at night school. Loves all and any phase of ceramics from
Raku to China painting and can do one as well as the other. His wife
Reta, also a potter, works strictly in lowfire ware and does a lot of
casting.

He studied in England, at Leeds, before coming to Canada in
1946, and has studied under several good pro-potters at Kootenay
school of Art. In 1966 he did research at the Fotters Village in
Barbados, W.I. and then went on to England to research at such places
as Royal Worcester, Stewarts and others. As well, he studied under
potters in the U.S.A. He does not go in for the exhibition side of
things but might give it a whirl some time. Past President of Kootenay
Arts & Crafts Club in Nelson. Member of Canadian Guild of F otters
and National Ceramic Association, U.&. A.

Kootenay Arts & Crafts Club, Nelson, B.C.: This season
being the 8th, in ceramics, this club has put on several large-scale
exhibitions, each one getting better until the last one held in 1965
when it was praised very highly by Mr. T. Dagg of F.N.E., who had
not realized the club even existed. He was surprised and delighted
with the standards and variety of work being produced. The club
operates under the Nelson Civic Centre. The club owns its kiln,
being an 8 cu.ft. electric, built by Lance Stacey in 1961 for the club,
Unfortunately the Civic prohibits the sale of ware produced by the
club; this is a shame as such nice ware is being produced, all low
fire, free form, cast, and all sizes und shapes, functional and
decorative.

Creston, B.C.: Have a line on two or three small production
potters, who are supposedly working from home-made kilns; using
local clays, and making their own glazes, utilizing mine tailings.
Will try to obtain more info about these potters.

Windermere-Invermere, B.C.: Mr. Bev Harris, Fast
Director of Adult Education for this area, studied at the Chicago Art
Institute in New York and at U.B.C. This last summer was doing Raku
work; built his own kiln, and although I did not get the opportunity to

use this kiln I had the chance to study the construction, being similar
to the design that Glenn Lewis shows in Ceramics Monthly. Some
very good work was produced from this kiln, with reduced 15.