Gallery News

4s the business and travel columns have been pre-
dicting, we have seen an unusually large increase
in the number of American and Canadian tourists
coming through the Gallery in recent weeks, June
sales will finish about 459% ahead of last ymar's,
with the bulk of sales being from the latter half of
the month.

ELAINE BREWER-WHITE'S show, SMILES OF
THE ENRAPTURED, opened June Sth and has re-
ceived many, many positive comments fram
Gallery visitors. Elaine's show continues through
fo midsjuly. If your spirits need fitting or you want
a chuckle, be sure to drop by the Gallery before
the 16th!

Throughout August, the Gallery is honored to pre-
sent recent work by YUKIO YAMAMOTO, Master
of Tozen kilns. This exhibét, most recently held in
Nanaimo, will open SATURDAY, AUGUST 5TH,
2:30-4:30 PM; Mr. Yamamoto will be in atten-
dance. | hope as many members as possible will
be able to join us in welcoming Mr. Yamamoto to
the Gallery of BC Ceramics.

GLORIA O'HARA, a new member trom Saltspring
Island, is the Gallery's feature artist for July.
MAGGIE KNEER is seneduled for August.

JANE MATTHEWS

TECHNO TIPS

Are you weary of tedious scratching and slipping to
prepare pieces for jaining? In same situations a
deflocculated slip will serve @s well and will elirmi-
nate the need for laborious scratching. There isnt
a precise recipe for this, since the amount to deflac-
culant that needs te be added te your slip and the
thickness of the slip required will vary, they are de-
pendent on moisture content in the clay piecas be-
ing joined and how readily your clay absorbs mois-
ture. A glug of darvan in a S500mi. container is a

good starting point,

This technique seerns to work best whan the clay is
slightty on the dry side of leather harc. When the
deflocculated slip is brushed or trailed along the
edges to be joined, water is absorbed by the clay,
and a soft zone forms. When it appears ready (do
a few trials) the pieces can simply be pressad to-
gether, and after being allawed to set for a short
time the joint will be secure. With very non plastic
clay bodies, such as some casting clays, the edges
te be joined will be ready very soon after the slip is
brushed on; more plastic bodies take longer. Fora
while after starting to use deflacculant slip | contin-
wed to reinforce the hidden side of the jaint, but now
rarely bother, it doesn't seem to be needed

PAT TADDY

-A SPECIAL PRESENTATION-

THE WORKS OF YUKIO
YAMAMOTO
-THE YAKIMONO OF TOZAN-
MASTER POTTER OF TOZAN KILNS
AT
GALLERY OF B.C. CERAMICS
1359 CARTWRIGHT ST.
GRANVILLE ISLAND, a
VANCOUVER, B.C, f Pa EICHL THE FAST
PH, 604-669-5645 | dea
OPENING AUG. 5, 1995, 2:30-4:30 PM” QURITLVESTOLOUE
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