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Arrowsmith Guild: 2008
Masters Series of Workshops

We hope you can make arrange-
ments to come to Parksville, B.C.
for Arrowsmith Potters’ Guild’s
4th Masters Series of workshops
and presentations on April 26. The
workshop series is offered every two
years, and this year is shaping up to
be another fabulous opportunity
for potters from all over B.C. to get
together and learn more, get inspired
and be rejuvenated.

Parksville is centrally located on
Vancouver Island, making Arrowsmith
the centre for pottery education on
the Island. Taking advantage of the
guild’s great teaching space, the
Masters Series has brought in some
excellent presenters over the 13 years
of the Arrowsmith Potters’ Guild’s
history. Another wonderful group has
been gathered for this series:

Paul Lewing—Seattle, WA

Paul is known for his painterly
style of glazing, and employs a wide
diversity of imagery, styles and
techniques in his tile art.

B.G. Motion Pitchers a hit
at the 2008 Oscars®

Oscar® nominees who didn’t win
the coveted gold statue this February
consoled themselves with a unique
hand-crafted piece of ceramic art by
Vancouver-based artist and PGBC

Graham Sheehan—Gabriola Island, B.C.

He’s made a life as a high fire
reduction potter, but has dabbled
here and there at other temperatures,
building kilns to suit. These days
Graham mostly woodfires, making
functional ware which he thinks of as
domestic art.
Wally Asselberghs—Flanders, Belgium

‘Naked Rakw is a raku-based
ceramic technique which uses a
sacrificial slip and glaze layer which
act as catalysts to capture patterns
and surface textures left behind by
smoke and fire.
Carol Ann Michaelson—Ontario

To take your work to the next step,
and get your creative juices flowing
again, Carol Ann will explore textured
surfaces and some hand building
methods that will allow you to build
all kinds of new forms.
Mary Fox—Ladysmith, B.C.

Mary has been potting since 13;
her focus is on expressing beauty and

Recent work by presenter Mary Fox.

strength in pure forms. Mary will
share her evolution as a self-taught
studio potter working since 1979,
with slides and discussion.

Registration deadline is Apr. 12,
with early bird rates available until
Mat. 7.

Phone: (250) 954-1872
info@arrowsmithpottersguild.bc.ca
www.arrowsmithpottersguild.bc.ca

604-985-9374

Unclassifieds

FOR SALE: 1.4 cu.ft cone 10 Paragon elec. kiln incl. pyrometer,
hardly used $350. Kiln furniture. 12” plate cranks & spacers $15.
Ohaus triple beam scales $80. Drilled batts, 17 for $20. Sieves, 200
& 80 mesh, $30 for both. Glaze materials, oxides, 1/3 list price.

member Suzy Birstein. She was the only artist and one of
the few Canadians asked to contribute to the Everybody
Wins At The Oscars® gift bag given to this year’s non-
winning Academy Award Nominees in the major
categories by Distinctive Assets.

Birstein’s Motion Pitchers are a limited edition of 80
one-of-a-kind pieces. Look for upcoming articles in the
March editions of Elle Canada and BC Business, and the
April edition of American Style. For more photos see:

http://www.suzybirstein.com/

Potters Guild of BC Newsletter - March 2008

FOR SALE: skUTT ELECTRIC KILN $900, Model 231, 47
amp, 11,250 watt, cone 10, approx. 39.5” high, 28”wide. Rarely
used. Shelving included. Located in Victoria. Contact Paul at 250-
598-9919 or pgzakus@hotmail.com

POTTERY APPRENTICE NEEDED: Sandra Dolph on

Galiano Island needs an apprentice this summer. A place to live and
studio space will be provided, in return for gallery and gardening
work. Wheel instruction provided. Contact sldolph@telus.net