JUGS UPDATE

April was an extremely busy month here
on Granville Island. The Guild office
took on Lhe look of a frelght department,
with bores full of pugs arriving en masse
daily. [t was a very exciting time, and al!
of you who were able to take part should
be congratulated on your endeavour. A
total of 72 entries was made; 56 people
actually were able to send work, and as
you see below in his statement, John
Chalke spent a busy day on April 4th
selecting the work for the exhibition
which opens im the Canadian Craft
Museum's Galleria on June 4th, 1993.
The opening date has changed from last
newsletter information, so please make
mote of itt it will comespond with the
opening that same evening of “The
Pleasure of Making". the Crafts
Association of B.C.'s annual Made by
Hand juried show.

Jurors Statement

“Sunday morning, the pleasure of
Granville laland. That uncommon aun
was coming Uhrough the slatted windows
and the streets below were filling up
with visitors. | wandered constantly
beteeen the two rooms fat the Guild
effice) touching pots long cold and far
away from people's kilns. Because of
this constant feeling of slight indigestion
when more difficult pols are placed mext
to more accessible ones. | spent much
time carrying certain ones away io
mutual corners where they could have a
chance to pick up their own energy
agair.

You weren't there, so, as a sharing
experience, some figures [about the
entries}. Twenty-nine pieces were
eventually selected from the fifty-five
submissions. About half were thrown,
seven Were Vapeatir-glaged, sixteen were
earthenware, fourteen emphasized the
spout considerably over other features,
whereas twelvedidn't doso at all, possibly
even de-emphasized fl. The smaller enuy
was approximately 1B cm. high, the
lardest was about 72 em.

Pate 4

In the traditional sense of a workshop-
thrown pitcher, | felt almost all lacked a
spring or a lit to them, Merely [and
sometimes barely) perfunctory, sad to
say. Many others, slab or coll-built,
cared along extra baggage in lerms of
unrelated weight. And yet, perhaps
predictably, it was in this wider category
that the most varied work was seen. All
in all, there were fewer references to
metaphor that to some kind of function.

[t's been said before: it has to be one of
the obligatory constants of jurors’
stalements, but [ do Know that some
people did mot send in their best work.
Of course, this is such a subjective
remark, but all the same. | saw much
betler work elsewhere on the Island by
the same makers than was offered
upstairs. And not just once or twice. [
saw this phenomenon recently again in
Alberta in a similar situation. Who knows
why this is. Do] dott also? Do we all do
it? [ait that we doen't know our best work
when we have to choose, or do we in
slight desperation select our Jaltest,
feeling that newest equates with most
mature? Maybe it's that simple,

In summary, [| much enjoyed the
experience of viewing the variety of B.C.
clay and Its kilna, and feel privileged to
be a small part of one of the Potters’
Guild of B.C.'s current activities.

John Chalke,
Calgary. Alberta, 1993

VIDEO UPDATE

The Tara Production “Variations on
Raku" wilh Gorton Hutchens is |
finally in the Guile library. and may |

be rented farup to lO days for $8.00
to cover handling charges .

The following submitted work that has
been selected for the Jugs: Pitchers,
Dippers and Metaphors exhibition
which will be on display at the Canadian
Craft Museum until mid-July.

Unless otherwise noted, they are from
British Columbia.

Graeme Allemeersch, Summoeriard
Leslie G. Beardsiey, Ladysmith

Gail Boden, Prince George

Heather Chapman, North Vancouver
Kaoru Coates, Vancouver

Stephen Cooke, New Denver

Sarah Coote, Vancouver

Wendy L. Davis, Vancouver

Conme Glover, Surrey

Barbara Goretzky,
Duck Lake, Saskatchewan

Simon Ho, Coquitlam

Denys James, Ganges

Cathi Jefferson, North Vancouver
Lynne Johnson, Courtenay

Charman Johnson,
Gargoyle Factory, Vancouver

Sam Kwan, Vancouver

Radana Losert, Vancouver
Jeannie Mah, Regina, Saskatchewan
Gillan McMillan, Port Moody
Nathan Rafla, Vancouver
Friederike Rahn, Vancouver
Celia Rice-Jones, Burnaby
Keith Rice Jones, Burnaby

Lan Robson, Ganges

Laurie Rolland, Sechelt

Elsa Schamis, New Westminster
Melissa Searcy, Ganges

Diane E. Sullivan, Seattle, WA
Andrew Wong, Kamloops

Four entries were given special mention
by Jehn Chalke: those by Kaori Coates,
Gillian McMillan, Laurie Rolland, and
Elsa Schamis.

May. 1993