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June 2007 Volume 43 No. 5

CLAYNADIANS IMPRESS
AT CLAY EDGE 2007

During the month of April, five “claynadians” were invited to attend the
Clay Edge 2007 conference in Gulgong, Australia. Clay Edge is a weeklong
international clay conference that has been running strong every three years
for the last 21 years.

Janet Mansfield, the editor of Ceramics: Art and Perception and Ceramics
Technical has been the creative force behind the conference since it started
21 years ago. She now has help with organizing the event. Although its roots
were mainly wood firing, the conference has expanded to include the full

spectrum of ceramics work.

Janet Mansfield was in Vancouver a year ago to lead a wood firing at the
Shadbolt Centre. This visit led to the most wonderful experience in Australia.
B.C. Potter Linda Doherty organized a group of potters to attend Clay Edge,
upon invitation from Janet and a promise that we would have a show there.
We called our group the Claynadians, consisting of Linda Doherty, Connie
Glover, Sheila Morissette, Sharon Reah and Jenny Ross.

We each selected a few pieces to bring and carefully packed them into our
carry-on bags and made our way to Australia. Arriving in Gulgong, an old
historic gold mining town, seemed like stepping into the past — everything
seemed as tt might have in the 1800’s. We, along with the master presenters,

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event organizers and the other two international groups
(New Zealanders and Chinese) started the week mn high form
attending a civic reception hosted by the mayor, followed by
a dinner at an organizer’s incredible country home.

The next day, about 350 more potters descended on the
small town of Gulgong as we set up our show in the upstairs
gallery of the impressive Cudgegong Gallery in the morning POTTERS

GUILD

of BRITISH
COLUMBIA

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