May 1980 3
WORKSHOPS

May 31, Jeanne Sarich will give s workshop in Sechelt. Sponsored by the Guild.

Ray Rodgers workshop, June 7 - 6, from 10.- & at Douglas College. The fee is £20
for the two days. He is the Vice-President of the New Zealand Society of Potters;
‘known for his hand-built boxes and large plates and bowls. He will be demonstrat-
ing his method of working and will show slides of his ceramic art. Pre-registration
is necessary, contact Ellen Zeiss at 733-7073 or 273-8110. It will be possible tB

‘register with her on the opening night of the Ceramics '80 show. We must register

ta minimum of 25 people in order to run the workshop.

‘WELLS MT. ART SCH. is offering a weekend Raku workshop by Pam Woodrow Rodger. Si-

or Sone

tuated in the mountains, in an old mining town, good for camping. July 19-20.
Contact David Coulson, Sox 75, Wells, B.C., 994-3379.

THE TRAVELLING WORKSHOPS sponsored by the Fotters Guild of B.C. and the Craftamer' .
Association of 8.C., are still available to communities in &.C. wishing to host
@ local workshop of one or more days with an out-of-town instructor.

The hosting community is responsible for the instructors fee, recommended by the
Guild at $150 a day as well es accomodation and meals during the visit. The Guild
and the Craftsmen's Association will pay the transportation expenses.

To assist in organizing workshop schedules and budgeting for the upcoming year,
please apply by June. To apply, write to Ronda Green, Travelling Workshop Co-ordin-
ator, 5410 Keith Rd., We Vancouver, 8.C., V7W 2N2. Include two or three preferences
of instructors, the date(s) (or approximation), location and duration of the pro-
posed workshop.

The following is an updated list of instructors that are available for workshops
in the province through the Guild.

Jean Fahrni - Two screen slide lectures on early Asian ceramic history and SE;Asian
potters today, informal practical sessions, How to photograph one's work instruc-
tion.

Ronda Green - Seginner and intermadiate wheel work, earthenware, Cone O2 glaze firing
local clay preparation, slip and engobe decoration techniques.

Jan Grove - All levels of wheeluwork. He presently fires Cone 4-6, electric.
Glaze calculations, decorative techniques taught as weil as a comprehensive slide
collection of personal work and Europea ye Austrelion and N. Amarican potters.

Don Hutchinson - Will give a general th:

ag workshop for the beginner and inter-
mediate level. He works in stoneware. *: ;

Denys James - Handbuilding of slab fornt$*iidorporating slips, oxides, coloured clays
anc textures. One step firing in Raku and low-fire salt glaze. Kiln construc-
tion. Aesthetic critiques of participant's work.

Corinne Kingma - Slide presentation anc workshop on the use of slips and textures
on handbuilt and thrown work, masks, dolls and tiles. ,

Hanna Kristmanson - Handbuilding textured slabs and mold work. Combines wheelwork
with and work on a piece. Contemporary slides of her work and that of other pot-
ters. Plaster mold making. (Not available May to August)

Gail Kuzma - Beginner and intermediate throwing workshop. Studio management, set-
up and marketing. Approaches functional work through design and technique cri-
tiques.

. Jeanne Lewis - General beginners workshop on throwing and handbuilding with an

emphasis on decoration and ussign.e Works with perceleain as well as silver and
combines the two in one piece.

Margaret McClelland - Handbuilding techniques, contemporary slide presentation,
with a brief history of ceramics. She works in porcelain and stoneware.

Donna McLaren - General workshop, handbuilding, medium range Cone 6-8 glazes in
an electric kiln.

Fred Owen - Handbuilding and wheelwork. Raku firing with wood. With lecture and
slide presentation on Pre-Columbian pottery and Oriental ceramics. Decorating
techniques. Functional emphasis related to design.

Jeanne Serich - Raku and pit firings. Glazas Cone 8-10. Throwing, hendbuilding,
and decorative techniques. Historical approaches expecially Chinese, Japanese
and Korean. Slide lectures and informal practical sessions.

Instructors to be confirmed; Frances Hatfield, Laura Wee Lay Lag and Hiro Urakami.

COMPETITION, “Made by Hand" ‘ao. Deadline, June 16. Write the Craftsmens! Assoc.

of B.C., #801, 207 W. Hastings.St., Van. V6B 1H7, or call 681-9613 for an entry
orm.