page a Made In Clay ‘98 For the fifth year of this sale, Made in Clay will be ance again held at che Performance Works building on Granville [sland on che weekend of May Ist - 3rd, 1998. The public awareness of this annual sale event has really been gaining tnomentcum over che Last four years, and it was felt it would be side for 2 years, and then on each year the back will be printed with che important details of where, when, ete. Please indicare on the applicarion form how many invitations you will need. The hours of che sale will again be 10 am- 6 pm for each of Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Fifty (or so) Years Ago With chree exceptions most of the working potters have studied in the Vancouver School of Art or under the Victoria Board of Education. In the former, pottery is taught as part of the general four years course as an elective craft of six hours a week...and is ome of the dominane crafts in the Diploma Design Course. The connection berween graduate and school is still mentioned because, of the six kilns detrimental to change the vere ar chis poing. The organizing committee for this year will again be John Cloutier, Darrel Hancock and Jane Matthews. Approximately thirty 10° x 10° booths are available, and the fee will remain the same as last year at $450 per booth (maximum 2 people per booth excepe for guilds), Participants will be responsible for their own sales and wrapping. A central Visa/Mastercard/Debit machine will be available for participancs whe do not have their own credic card setup; the fee of 3% will again be applied to all transaceions to cover the cost of staffing, telephone lines and machine rental. This year will be the first year that Made in Clay will use full colour posteards for the inviracions -we are planning co have enough printed on one Indian and the pioneer. » Address: Name: In February of 1944 the Canadian Geographic Journal published an artecle by Ruth M. Home. The article was a survey of pottery in Canada, from coast to coast. The following excerpres discuss a few BC potters that [am unfamiliar with. [f you have any information on them of their work, would you please send word to the Guild, so we can include them in the history section of our upcoming book. "The art of the Pacific Coast Indian has impressed itself on che poteery from British Columbia. From the early work of Emily Carr, more famous perhaps, for her paintings than her pottery, to the more recent work of Marjorie Robertson or Doris Lecog, there has been a definite attempt to carry on the traditions and spiric of che Please return by December 1/97. A $100 non-refundable deposit should be included with the application, and 2 post- « dated cheques ($200 January 15, 1998 and $150 February 15, 1998) available in the province, five are owned by the schools, Axel Ebring, “the pottery man of Vernon" is perhaps the most colourful personality. He is Swedish by birth and is descended from a long line of potters. Locared first a¢ Salmon River, he later moved ta Vernon. He throws all his wares, using nacurally occurring materials and firing at a temperature high enough to mature a silica glaze. The finished pots are in soft shades of blue-creys and cars. There are also photographs of work by BC elay workers M. Grute, Marion McCrea, Gertrude Weir, Molly Carter, Mrs. Burchect and Grace W. Melvin, Once again, we would like to know a bir about them for the book. Editor, Made of Clay ‘98 Application Form Postal Code: 7 Telephone: Fax: . We enclose: « -cheque # for $700 dated December 1, 1997 ‘ -cheque # for $200 dated January 15, 1998 , “cheque # for $150 dated February 15, 1998 : ‘we can volunteer for one of the following: mailout_ add jabs tabulating customer survey ° set up clean up— publicity * demonstrations (please detail): musicvideos party billeting ‘ collecting purchaser's prizes (fram participants) Number of Post cards needed for publicity: