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Purpose & true kinship /
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purpose and true kinship can give you. As
potters, we get used to, and have clearly
chosen, a life full of vague discomfort—from
the long hours of work to the many throwing
stools that we have tried until we find one that
is just right. To find a place and time with
such comfort and rejuvenation was, almost...
indescribable.

The next clay discussion group will be on
Jan. 9, 2011 at 1 p.m. at Mary Fox’s Studio
in Ladysmith, at 321 Third Ave. I would
highly recommend that anyone in the area
join us in warm conversation about clay and
a potter's life, be it yours or hers. We will be
there without pretence or judgement waiting
for you to ring the doorbell announcing your
arrival to the lovely little dog, Judy, who will
make you feel as welcome as she and her owner
made me feel the first time I met them.

Hilary Huntley is a potter living and work-
ing B.C. See her holiday
sale poster on Page 15 and her blog at:

in Duncan,

www.trialbyfirepottery.ca

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Lombok/ Bali
Crete
Burma

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Thoughts on creativity:
preparing work for a show
By Don Hutchinson

Shows for me are exciting and problem-
atic, so I want to share some thoughts on
how I go about making work for a show. For
my last show in March, I set out problems
requiring creative solutions outside of my
normal working methods. I wanted some
small sculptures that explained natural
phenomena in a poetic rather than a
scientific way. This allowed me to invent
a mythology with creatures having some
supernatural powers or to go to another
time frame and wonder how a child might
solve some imagined need. I made a list of
10 problems and then began to work. Here
are a few examples of the problems I like

to explore:

1. The sun rises in the east and sets in the
west. What kind of creature could carry
the sun under the earth so it would be
able to rise again each day?

2. Why does the moon appear so tentative
in revealing itself? Why does it want to
hide so quickly after becoming ‘full?

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3. If I was the uncle of a pharaoh who was
about to turn seven years old, what kind
of a gift would I give him?

4, Waves at the beach line up one behind
the other in parallel lines. What creature
would have the power to be a ‘wave

straightener?

This current show, Formed in Fire, has
solutions to these kinds of questions. Please
come to the Semiahmoo Arts Gallery Nov.
4 to Dec. 1 and see what all three of us do
with clay. White Rock potter Peter Daniels
will have his vigorous, athletic pieces and
Connie Glover will show her marvelous
refined salt-glazed works. I will have my
decorated platters and some soda-fired

sculptures.

Semiahmoo Arts Gallery
Windsor Square
90-1959-152nd Street
South Surrey, B.C.

(See holiday sale poster on Page 13)