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slab pots which were amongst my earliest influences when I first began
with clay, motivated and working from the pictures in Tony Birk’s
book, Contemporary Ceramics. The others from the book were all there
too—Dan Arbeid, Bryan Newman, Gordon Baldwin. Enough to
make you giddy!

What was so fantastic is that we could open the cupboards and
actually handle the works but there was so much, it was really
overwhelming and when we finally came out of the last room and into
the general storage of the museum and were confronted whole shelves
of large medieval jars, a whole table of Belamine bottles and huge racks
of Roman, Medieval and Neolithic pots it was total overload.

‘The York Gallery of Pots will open Sept. 12 with Three Collectors and
will feature work from:
¢ Eric Milner-White, (1884 — 1963) Dean of York Minster who

collected the “biggest and the best” of early British studio pottery.
¢ W A Ismay, (1910 — 2001) Wakefield Librarian who collected

mostly functional pots.
* Henry Rothschild, (b 1913) Founder of Primavera Gallery who
collected pots that appealed emotionally to him.

Jim Robison (right) Bh.
and Keith admiring

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FONG CHOO

The Teapot Form

October 24-25, 2009
9:00 - 4:00

$155 plus GST
includes lunch
Recognized for his signature miniature teapots, Fong will explore

the teapot form with reference to the perspective of proportions:

from large to small, from whimsical to utilitarian. There will be

discussions on his jewel tone glaze effects plus tool making and

cane handle demonstrations. Fong will discuss the issues of

networking, pricing and presentational aspects of his work.

Metchosin International Summer School of the Arts
650 Pearson College Drive, Victoria, BC V9C 4H7 250391-2420 www.missa.ca

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