Calls For Entry, Cont.

1998 Coombs Country Arts & Crafts Fair
will take place July 17 - 19 near besutiful
Qualicum Beach. Last year’s successful
event had 78 high qualicy exhibitors, so this
year's jury will have their work cur our for
them! A salmon barbecue presented by the
Qualicum Band of the First Nations will
also draw in patrons. [f you are interested
in. applying please call Les Crimp at 250/468
~ 7072 for entry forms.

Castles & Crafts Craft Market will be held
during the Harrisen's World Championship
Sand Sculpture Exhibition. September 19
& 20, Booth fee $45, plus 10% commission
an all sales. For enery form contact
Harrison Festival Society, Box 399,
Harrison Hot Springs, BC, VOM 1K0 or
call 604/796 - 3664, fax: 604/ 796 - 3694.
Entry deadline July 31, 1998

“The 2nd Mashiko Ceramics
Competition *98", Oct. 4 - Nov. 29, 1998.
Juried from actual work. No entry fee.
Cash awards. Contact: The Secretariat,
Mashiko International Pottery Contest
Executive Commitee, 2030 O-aza
Mashkio, Mashiko-Machi, Haga-Gun,
Tochigi-Ken, JAPAN 321-42 or fax (81)
285 - 72 - 6430.

Entry deadline June 1, 1998

Ceramics Monthly International
Competition, (March 1999), Columbus,
Ohio. Open to ucilirarian and sculptural
ceramics.No entry fee, juried from slides,
cash awards, Color catalogue. For entry
form write co CM Intemational
Competition, PO Box 6102, Westerville,
OH, 43086-6102 or fax 614/891-8960.
Entry deadline September 30, 1998,

Signatures Craft Show & Sale is accepeing
applications for their Novernber and
December shows in Ottawa, London,
Quebec Ciry and Toronto. Depending on
location, the shows aterace 20,000 to 50,000
customers. Contact: The Signature Group,
37 Langley Ave., Toronto, Ont. M4K

LBA, tel, 416/465 - 2379 of fax 416/465 -
6561.

Applications accepted until show is sold
out (usually by end of June).

Workshops

May 10; Majolica Glazing Workshop
with Julia Maika. $32.10. Shadbolr
Cencre for the Arts. Tel. 291 - 6864.

May 15 & 16. Sculpting the Figure in
Clay with Martin Williams at Malaspina
College. $35 to Nanaimo Pottery Co-op
members, $40 others. Contact Anita
Lawrence, (250) 722 - 2037.

May 22-24: Clay In Architecture with
Peter King of Florida. Building of
fireplace facade & sink demo. Also
making, glazing and inseallation of major
architectural piece. $185. Vancouver.
Sonja at 604 - 278 - 0864,

June 8-12; Alsered Extrusions, A
hands-on workshop building on and
throwing extruded forms. $210 plus
materials, Mudslinger, 688 - CLAY

June 15-19; Peter Voulkos, Paul
Soldner & Peter Callas -Low Fire Salt.
They will also cover kiln building, firing,
forming techniques & glaze striking.
$350 (US), Portland, Oregon. 503/297 -
5544,

June 15 - 19: Ceramic Wall Murals and
Handbuilding workshop in picturesque
Gibsons on the Sunshine Coast.
Instructors Pat Forst and Patricia Logie
(Portraiture). $250. sel. 604 - 556 -
1543,

June 15 - 26: Handbuilding &
Explorations of Low Temperature Firing
Techniques with Denys James.
Introduction to form generation, surface
treatmenc and firing possibilities (wood,
electric, soda,raku, saggar & pit}. $495.
Salt Spring Island, Tel, 250 - 537 -4906-

June 23; Sculpting Workshop: The
Figure in Clay with Martin Williams, a
hands-on workshop using a live model.
Ac Mudslinger Clay Studios,#7 - 425
Carrall 5., Vancouver. $55, 688 - 2529,

June 27: Everything But Round -
Thrown & Altered wich Parrick Horsley.
A one day demonstration features
throwing, forming and altering funcrional
forms, slip decorating , a slide
presentation and clay and glaze
information, Patrick combines handles,

spouts and lids int work that dances,
Presenting a new view and triage of a
familiar form, $49.15. At the Shadbole
Cenere for the Arts, Burnaby, Register
at (604) 291 - 6864.

June 29 - July 10: Kiln Building & firing
with Randy Brodnax- Focus on kiln
building, a high-fire down draft kiln and
designs to build sawdust kilns. $595 at
Metchosin Int'l Summer School,
Vancouver Lsland. (250) 591 - 2420

June 29 July 10: Throwing -Everything
but Round with Patrick Horsley. Hands
on wheel-work in a non-traditional way.
$565. Metchosin. (250) 391 - 2420

June 29 - July 3: Crack Pots wich Parrick
Crabb. Explore clay vessel forms with
surface enrichment using several firing
techniques in electric, raku, low-
temperature salt and sawdust -possibly all
onone pot! $345. Metchosin.

(250) 391 - 2420.

June 29 - July 10: Figure Seulprure with
Bill Porteous. Basic modelling
techniques using live model. $607.
Metchosin, (250) 391 - 2420

July 4 - 5: Raku with Sceven Forbes-
deSoule. Hands-on learning a variety of
raku rtechniqures, including post-firing
reduction. $125. Metchosin. (250) 391 -
2420

July 4: Photo Images on Clay with
Andrew Wong. Technical demo of
screen printing photographic images on
damp clay-slabs. Complete process.
Mertchosin. (250) 391 - 2420. $60.

July 6 - 10: Sculpting the Figure with
Martin Williams. Use live model in series
ed gestural and sustained figure studies in
clay, A practical course for all levels.
$120. Mudslinger. (604) 688 - 2529.

july 6-17; Extending Your Creative
Force. Break pacterns and restimulate
your “beginners” creative enchusiasm
through intensive exploration with Denys
James in a supportive yet critical
environment on Salt Spring Island. $495.
Contact (250) 537 - 4906 co register.

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