Secondly was again the clay. It having been slurried previously it
was very fine indeed and needed extra sand and grog to open it up.
The grog we made from breaking up a brick and sieving it through a
kitchen sieve. It was rather coarse but the clay in the end
worked quite well.

The wood proved rather difficult at first, not for its rarity but for
quantity. Luckily though, we managed a mini fall from the local
wood works. I found the wood hard but quite good to fire with as
it burnt more evenly and longer in comparison with the soft cedar
and fir of our own locality.

With kiln god blessing, though we did have the familiar accompany-
ing problems, we had good over-all results.

To bisque took approximately three hours while glazing took about
15 minutes per piece. We used Eppens basic glaze recipe using
red lead 54, Borax 14, silica 40, china clay 4. Chrome was our
only oxide and it gave us some rather nice yellow-orange and green
colours. Though we only had 3 or 4 full kiln days, a good time and
experience was had by all.

Richard Hawbolt

FIRE -AWAY

The new Harry Davis Booklet for Workshop II is now available. The
price is $2.75 if mailed, or you can save 25 cents and pick up a
copy at a reqular monthly meeting (beginning Sept.) for $2.50. If
you want one mailed, make out cheque to B.C.Guild of Potters and
send to J. M.Weakland, Fac. of Educ., U.B.C., Vancouver 8, B.C,

There are still a few copies of the Harry Davis Workshop I booklet
available. $2.25 mailed, $2.00 at a meeting.

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If you have suggestions for workshops or short programs which you
would like the Guild to sponsor, please send them to Meg Buckley,
3416 Pt. Grey Road, Vancouver.

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