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NEWSLETTER

NOVEMBER 1991

ISSN 6319

812x

ROBIN HOPPER WORKSHOP

The dance studio of “In the Meantime”
location of the Richmend Cultural
Centre, at No 3 Rd. and Westminster
Hwy. was filled to capacity on
September 21st and 22nd dueto Robin
Hopper's workshop,

Among his many accomplishments,
Robin Hopper was the first recipient of
the Saldye Bronfman Award of
Excellence tn Craft in 1977. Hels author
of “Ceramic Spectrum” and “Functional
Pottery", and founder and first
president of the Metchosin Internation
Summer School of Arts.

This humourous performer (due to his
acting career in his early years}, touched
on many areas of pottery making on
the wheel on Day one. He marbled
clays in various ways and facetted the
bottles to show variations in the design.
Lids for his teapots were formed in a
flash and had to be repeated. for many
of us blinked and missed it

Sunday. he started with a slide
presentation on lwo projectors to
explain the relationship of his work to
histery, geology, and to the
environment. The thrown marbled
forms were completed by incising the
rims Inte colourful fan-like bowls. His
wonderful parabolic bottles thrown in
two Pieces and joined were decorated
with his specialty, “mocha diffusion"
technique. He then continued to show
us Variations of slip decorating and
brushing. Samples of his work are now
fired, and will be used as inspirational
pieces by the Richmond Potters’ Club.
The videotape is being reviewed for
editing,

Thank you, Robin Hopper, for an
educational workshop. Special thanks
also to everyone who altendesd, and for
your support and help on this
memorable week-end.

Shirley Inouye
Workshop Ctte.
Richmond Potters Chib

Tony Marsh Workshop;
November 23 at

BRCCALD  vecissinvecrents pages 2 & 7
Workshop review

Takako Suzuki ........0. page 2
Scholarships & Grants
Information .................. page 7
PRs EC aoe ctieervtenen page 4