Gordon Hutchens

Gordon Hutchens is renowned for the diversity of his work.
He works with many different processes and has achieved
excellence in all of them. He is fascinated by different firing
techniques and works with wood firing, salt glazing in a
reduction kiln, reduction fired earthenware, crystalline
glazes in both oxidation and reduction, and cone 10 reduc-
tion with the most amazing copper reds, celadons and shi-
nos. For his wood fired work, he blends six different clay
bodies to produce the surfaces he is looking for.

Gordon will be talking in three different sessions on special-
ty glazes, and will have a different theme for each session.

The first session will concentrate on crystalline glazes, the
second on lustre glazes, reduction fired earthenware and
raku glazes, including his renowned ‘Denman Island lustre’.
The third session will feature his anagama kiln, overlapping
with salt firing and describing how the firing process is an
integral part of glazing. He will be showing slides at all ses-
sions from his vast collection and will encourage an interac-
tive question and answer session.

Maggi Kneer

Photos by Paul Bailey

BS eit again

, JHE MAD POTTER is doing

On Saturday, February 12 at THE MAD POTTER

.Clay Day!

You can sample up to 4 different types of clay ~ FREE!

Come in and take some NEW CLAY home from 10am to 6pm.

Not to mention a Huge Store Wide Sale,
Cake and Prizes!

#6 - 3071 No. 5 Road, Richmond (Near Bridgeport) ~ Tel: 604-244-3734
** * NEW STORE HOURS: Tuesday to Saturday 10am to 6pm * **

February 2005 Potters Guild of British Columbia Newsletter 13