Claylines

Cathi Jefferson, Jeremy Hatch,
Meira Matheson, Jinny Whitehead,
and. Pia Sillem have cups published
in the book 500 Cups. Ceramic
Explorations of Utility and Grace by
Lark Books. It just came out this
spring and is for sale in better book
stores and ceramic supply stores.

Emily Carr 80th Anniversary Alumni
Exhibition “EVOLUTION?” is open-
ing Aug. 4 2005 at Emily Carr, 1399
Johnston St. Granville Island. It
includes the work of the following
Guild members: Danny Kostyshin,
Suzy Birstein, Krista Ewart, Gillian
McMillan, Gailan Ngan, Wayne
Ngan, Lari Robson, Debra Sloan
and Jasna Sokolovic.

Clive Tucker has just returned from
Burlington, Ontario, where he set up
a major solo show in the courtyard
gallery at the Burlington Art Centre
(BAC). The show, titled “Sipping
only what is sweet” runs from June
25th to September 18th 2005.
‘Tucker has made 34 ceramic bees to
populate the inner garden at the
BAC, with 4 ceramic flower fountains
in the pond. Keep an eye out for a
full review in the next newsletter.
Opening times at www.burlingtonart-
centre.on.ca.”

Claylines will run in the newsletter
whenever we have achievements, pub-
lications or special events involving
BC Potters Guild members to
announce. Please keep us informed of
exciting news by forwarding details to
newsletter@bepotters.com

Aug 19-23 at the Rotary Centre of the Arts

Discover Kelowna’s downtown Cultural District! Once the center of
the Okanagan’s fruit packing industry this six block area along the
lakefront has been revitalized into a creative and thriving cultural
hub. Kelowna is a vacationer’s paradise of art galleries, wineries,
sandy beaches and 17 golf courses!

Aug 19/20 Two days of demonstrations by guest artists and opening of
potter’s exhibition at the Art Ark Gallery

Aug 21 Fun Day Open House: Demonstrations from local potters

Aug 22/23 Hands-on workshops with Trudy Golley and Linda Doherty

From Oven and Kiln

‘The North West Ceramics Foundation
would like to express thanks to all the
potters who made and donated plates to
our biennial fundraiser dinner “From
Oven and Kiln”. We would also like to
acknowledge the generous donations
made by members of the Potters Guild
to the silent auction of this event. This
dinner raises funds for the Speaker
Series, and the Canadian Clay
Symposium, as well as providing an
opportunity for those interested in
ceramics to mix over a fabulous dinner.
Not only was it a highly enjoyable
event, but it was also a successful
fundraiser that met its projections.
Thank you BC potters.

NWCE Board of Directors

JulylAugust2005

Phil Rogers HankMurrow Susy Siegele/Mike Haley Trudy Golley — Linda Doherty

Phil Rogers, UK will throw a selection of pieces including Yunomi, larger
bowls, bottles and pitchers and will then be faceting, cutting, impressing,
incising the clay surface and drawing various patterns through a white slip.

Hank Murrow_, US will be showing new ways to begin, alter and trim pots
using his special tools; and he will share stories of his interesting experiences
with famous potters.

Susy Siegele and Mike Haley_, US will assemble a large patterned block
from 10-15 colours of porcelain and then construct various pieces (teapot,

platter, birdhouse?) with slices off the block.

Trudy Golley_, Alberta will demonstrate the low-tech method of making and
using plaster press moulds using a plaster and paper pulp mixture that she
developed called “Paperplaster’.

Linda Doherty_, BC will cover basic use and maintenance of an extruder as
well as die making and ways to design and finish work. Examples will include
serving dishes, weaving bowls and combining extrusions with thrown and hand-
built pieces.

During the festival we are proud to host “BC in a Box’, an exhibition of small works
by members of The Potters Guild of BC, celebrating “Fifty Years of Excellence”

ee Festival and workshops sponsored by The Okanagan Potters Association
OK PA with the generous support of Greenbarn Potters Supply, Vernon Potters Guild
and Kelowna Cultural Capital Partnership Program

For information & registration
Kelowna Clay Festival
Glenmore PO Box 30025 Kelowna, BC Canada V1V 2M4
(250) 762-5837 email: kelownaclayfestival@hotmail.com
www.members.shaw.ca/okpanews/clayfest05.html

Potters Guild of British Columbia Newsletter