Exceptional hospitality,
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wooden stamp,
demonstrating our
own work at our
festival booth to the
attending — public,
food growing in the

smallest plots and

on the roadsides,

meeting living

Kimchi pot with
decorative incised
bands. the

keeping traditions

treasures who are

craftspeople

alive—and so much more.
I feel so privileged, and I need to go
back. Next time, maybe, to study.

For information about Arthur e& Mary
Parks tours:
www. GangjinExhibit.blogspot.com
www.KoreanCeramicTours.blogspot.com
Or email Heather Hannaford at
scarab@xplornet.com. She would be
happy to answer questions about her
experience at the festival and on the tour.

A New Christmas Tradition

By Maeva Collins

This year we may have started a new
Christmas tradition in our family. For the first
time in 15 years Christmas was celebrated in
our home. After comments of “it’s just like
Christmas” when we have opened the wood
kiln, our daughter Shelley thought it would
be fun to fire on Dec. 22 and 23 and open the
kiln Christmas Day, so that’s what we did.

Dec. 20, I started loading my 30-cubic-foot
wood kiln. It snowed six inches here that day,
very large flakes, perfect for building a snow
man but not so great when loading a kiln.
When Shelley, Curtis, Sandi, Carl and Sekai
arrived we glazed and wadded Shelley's pots
in preparation for the rest of the loading in
the morning. The loading went well and we
started firing by 11 a.m.

All went as usual until evening when the
heavy rain and wind blew in. Reduction was
pretty easy to attain even when we didn’t want
it. By 1 p.m., Dec. 23, Cone 12 was flat in
front but the cones were very slow to bend
at the back. At 6:30 p.m., after two labour
intensive hours, Cone 10 finally went down

at the back. We loaded up the firebox as full

Stoking the kiln.

Christmas Day
kiln opening!

as possible and closed the kiln down.

Christmas Day, late morning, we opened
the kiln to find wonderful colours. The firing
was definitely a success. After all the oohs and
ahs everyone chose something from the kiln.
It was just like Christmas!

Maeva Collins lives in Courtenay, B.C. See her
work here: www.flyingashpottery.com

adult programs spring & summer 2011 at the Shadbolt Centre

RITISH
COLUMBIA
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or register online: burnaby.ca/webreg
Programs cover all ages and skill levels. Prices do not include tax.

with Nan Jacobsohn

2 sessions, Barcode 235769
Saturday & Sunday, 9am-5pm
Starts June 25

Clay Extruding with Ease
Instructor: Linda Doherty

Continuing Pottery
Instructors: Rosemary Amon (T)
& Charmian Nimmo (W)
$156.44, 8 sessions

Barcode 235385

Barcode 235384
Night Time Raku

Instructor: Linda Doherty ©

Tuesdays, 7-10pm, Starts May 3

Terra sigillata horse by Nan Jacobsohn.

Call Shadbolt Centre at 604-291-6864

Potters Guild of BC Newsletter « February 2011

Clay Animal Sculpture new!

$277 earlybird; $297 after May 16

$156.44, 8 sessions, Barcode 235387
Wednesdays, 7-10pm, Starts April 6

Wednesdays, 7-10pm, Starts April 6

Tuesdays, 7-10pm, Starts April 12

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City o:
Sea
Parks, Recreation
& Cultural Services

Portraits in Clay

Instructor: Debra Sloan

$106.97, 4 sessions, Barcode 235397
Mondays, 7-10pm, Starts May 2

So You Think You Can Throw
Instructor: Jay MacLennan

$156.44, 8 sessions, Barcode 235452
Sundays, 10am-1pm, Starts April 3

Wood/Soda Firing Workshop
Instructors:

Linda Doherty & Jay MacLennan
$205, 4 sessions, Barcode 244476
Thursday/Friday/Saturday/Wednesday
Times vary, Starts May 12

Tips and Techniques

in Clay Construction

Instructor: Fredi Rahn

$156.44, 8 sessions, Barcode 235386
Thursdays, 7-10pm, Starts April 14

$98.53, 4 sessions, Barcode 243039

Registration for Spring & Summer 2011 adult programs begins March 1.

shadboltcentre.com

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