Beyond Borders A Craft Marketing Conference March 28 - 30 Kootenay Schoo! of the Arts, Nelson This premier event will enhance the mar- keting knowledge of the Canadian fine- craft community by offering presentations from established Canadian and US artists, gallery owners, collectors, art/craft con- sultants, curators, publishers, retail and wholesale show organizers and govern- ment specialists — all of whom are familiar with the contemporary craft market, According to KSA's Professional Prac- tices instructor Lou Lynn, “the idea forthe conference was spawned while I was re- searching and writing the Marketing Guide for Fine Contemporary Craft in the United States, which was commis- sioned by the Department of Foreign Af- fairs & International Trade. The confer- ence seemed the next logical step to take,” Helen Sebelius, who is co-coordinating the conference, and was recently honoured by the Alberta College of Art & Design for her significant contribution to building and sustaining Canada's visual culture and creative industries, states that “there is a tremendous need for ‘industry specific’ business information to circulate within the art and craft community and this con- ference will address that.” A range of topics will provide conference participants with marketing skills and in- formation enabling them to target the con- temporary fine-craft market, and will ad- dress the diverse marketing needs of both one-of-a-kind and limited-production ob- jects, Slide lectures, panel discussions, marketing critiques, and seminars give a wealth of information applicable to mar- keting. Watch for details of the conference on KSA’s website: www. ksac.be.ca For information or to add your name to the conference mailing list, email or call 250.352.2914 Ext #49 to leave amessage. Contact: Conference co-coordinators: Lou Lynn or 250,355,2555 Helen Sebelias or 250.354.1906 ClayLines News from Salt Spring Potters Guild The Salt Spring Potters Guild has evolved into mainly an educational organization. Members meet every three weeks at cach other's homes/studios and the host often presents a demo of some unique aspect of his or her work. We have also had fun doing group sawdust firings, Once a year we present a weekend workshop with a visiting artist, trying to satisfy all the wheel throwers, hand builders, tile makers and sculptors in our Guild of 35 members. This fall we held a glaze workshop, which may be of interest to other guilds. We realized that we have a dogen new or re- emerging potters who were asking for direction on cone 6 glazing. So 10 of us met at my studio one evening in October to discuss what each person was looking for in a glaze. Bach chose two recipes from such sources as Richard Behrens, Clayart magazine, new books by Lana Wilson, Ron Roy and Michael Bailey, and the files of other potters. Each committed to mak-~ ing two dozen test tiles. The following week, six of the group came back to learn (or remember) how to weigh out recipes. Each participant in the group made 500 grams each of their two chosen glazes. All test tiles were delivered to me to be bisqued, Week three saw us dipping our tiles in all the glazes. So cach person had 20 test results to look forward to, cach on their own clay body, all fired to cone 6 and held for a 30 minute soak in my computerized electric kiln. Week four: the group arrived with wine and goodies and much exciternent as the test tiles for each glaze were laid out to- gether with the recipe. Each saw whattheir chosen glazes looked like on a range of tiles and clay bodies. (Some tiles were cylindrical, some flat, some L-shaped, many textured—an interesting varely). The glazes ranged from a basic opaque white base and a clear base with coloured variations of each, to exotic new recipes such as Ron Roy's “Raspberry”, “Lico- rice” and “Field Mouse”, to a beautiful bluish “Jun” from Bailey, Then there wis the quirky unpredictable cryolite-based “Stony fissured glaze" from Behrens and my glaze made from clay from my pond, with spodumenc and ochre added—a “lava surprise”! The recipes were compiled into a booklet and distributed to all. The enercy level in this group was conta- gious and several of the participants have gone on to purchase kilns. And we are already planning a mecting in six months, at which everyone is expected to bring a finished pot featuring one or more of the workshop flares. Topoticrs on Salt Spring, sharing is what our Guild is all about. Merle Box Creative Partnership: New Mosaic Marketing Conference Salt Spring Potters Guild Made of Clay at Christmas 2002 Made of Clay in Spring 2006 President's Report Book Review Teche Tip North-West Ceramics Foundation Issues: Coat af Electric Kiln Gallery of BC Ceramics 2003 Burnaby Empty Bowl Project wood mw we Ye & Be hb Table of Contents Trady Golley Workshop 10 Cynthia Speecer Workshop 10 Important Contacts: Membership, Gallery, Communications and Board 12 New Email Addresses 12 For Sale 12 Free 12 Wanted 12 Newslemer Submission Deadline the &th of the previous month Send to Guild office, address on page 12, of