DRAGON KILN (Cont'd) There were twenty stoke holes on each side of the kiiIn, The kiln is a single chamber that consumes two to three tons of wood per firing. All the pots are singled fired and stacked on top of each other. Many of the smaller pots are jiggered. I was surprised to learn that the glazed materials were from Britain but the clay is local. Appraxi- mately 10 tons of clay is used per week by the four tain workers. A walkway on each side along the top of the kiln provided access to the stokeholes. There are only two doors into the kiln, one about one -third of the kiln from the firebox another about halfway. Everyone at the pottery seemed very relaxed in contrast to the downtown area. We had reached the point where I had to reluctantly leave. Soon Kim, in spite of spending his life surrounded by pots, was very enthusiastic about clay and tried to present us with several pots. We were quite moved by his generosity and enthusiasm, I had several more days of throwing and felt quite humbled by the fact that Soon Kim came and in typical Singaporean humility remained in the background observing. We had met many wonderful people by now and were fecling that we couldn't reciprocate the gener- osity given the amount of time. Inevitably our departure date arrived and after many goodbyes with potters, the great staff of the Mandarin Sin- gapore and a longevening of packing and crating we returned to Vancouver buoyed by the spirit and generosity of the Singaporean people. Sam Kwan CLASS /WORKSHOP UPDATE The West End Community Centre, 870 Denman, 689-0571, is offering a number of one to three day workshops with Angela Squires. Beginners Pottery: Sundays, October 16 and 23, 10:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. and Saturday, October 29, 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. (glazing), 18 hours for $48.00. Enrolment limited. Throwing Clinic: Sunday, November 6, 10:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., for those wanting to throw lidded pots and make knobs and handles. $30.00 Immediate Pottery: Tuesday or Thursday, Novem- ber 1 - December 6, 7:00 - 10:00 p.m., $48.00 for 6 weeks, CALL FOR ENTRIES - 1989 ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE The Potters Guild invites applications for the use of the workshop space behind the Gallery of B.C. Ceramics for the 1989 Artist-in-Residence program. The space ts 385 square feet, plus common areas, and is subsidized and equipped by the Potters Guild, with shelving, work table, and an electric kiln, The studio ts available January 1, 1989, to December 31, 1989, with rent of $160.00 a month including utilities and firings. Applicants will be juried and must fit into the coop- erative spirit of the other four studio members. Applicants must, to be eligible, be either: {a) a potter who ts beginning to establish his or her work in the marketplace for the first time, or (b) an established potter who ts looking for a fresh setting to explore new avenues of work, Interested potters please send the following infor- mation to the Potters Guild of B.C. by November 15, 1988: 1. six to twelve slides of your work, indicating dimensions 2. a brief biography 3. a letter explaining the work you intend to do. For more information, call the Gallery of B.C. Ceramics at 669-5645, EN ROUTE A quick family trip to Calgary in mid-September contained an added pleasure for me. Flew Air Canada and while waiting to get off the ground, | picked up their EnRoute magazine, to find some familiar faces peering out at me. A feature article by Glenda Leznoff profiles Kathryn Youngs, Graeme Allemeersch, Mas Funo, Jeannie Mah, Kinichi Shigeno and Katherine McLean, as representatives of West Coast ceramic artists ‘on the move’, A copy of the article is now residing in the Guild office, and keep up the high flying, you six! Jan Kidnie (Jorgenson) The School of Fine Arts at the Banff Centre offers a January 3-14, “69, “Form and Function” workshop with Walter Ostrom and Penny Smith. Fee ts $275, excluding room and board, Prospect and application form is in Guild office or write Box 1020, Banff, TOL OCO. Deadline: December 2.