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British Soda Fire Potter Ruthanne Tudball will give a one day
workshop Saturday, May 18th at Kwantlen College. She will show
slides and throw, alter assemble her famous teapots and pitchers.
Cost is $30, Contact Cathi at 929-9175. Ruthannes work can be seen
in issue 18 of Ceramics, Art & Perception, the current issue of
Ceramics Technical (available at Gallery) and she is the author of
“Soda Glazing” for Ceramics Handbooks.

Decorating Earthenware with Nathan Rafla. Learn design principles
and colour composition as it applies to pottery. Nathan will focus on
brush techniques and slip trailing. Nathan brings 9 years of
experience in creating functional tableware, specializing in majolica.
Nathans’ work can be seen at his studio in the Granville Island Netloft
space and he is the author of an upcoming article in Ceramics
Monthly. Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Sunday May 26, 10 am - 4 pm,
Cost $26.75.

Call 291 - 6864 for more information.

Surrey Art Gallery offers Photo Documentation with Mike Agrios. A
one day workshop on how to document 2 & 3 dimensional artworks.
Topics include camera function, lighting, film selection and more,
Register by Sunday May 26, Class is Saturday, June 1,10 am -5
pm. 13750-88th Ave, Surrey, BC V3L 3W41, call 604/596-7461 or fax
604/597-2588.

First Annual Yixing Symposium for Western Potters, November 20
-30, 1996 in Yixing, China. Participants pay only for airfare but are
expected to donate a pot. Visit the ancient kilns, purple sand-clay
tunnels, factories and museums with demos by Yixing Master Potters
Deadline for application is May 30, contact Carolyn Broadwell at
707/252-4789. or see complete details on page 77 of the March

issue of Ceramics Monthly.

Banff Centre for the Arts Summer courses:

Explorations in Raku with Ed Bamilling, May 25 & 26 $120

Clay, Myth & Fairy Tales with George Kokis, June 15 & 16, $140
Rockies Raku with Ed Bamilling, July 13-20, $495

Applications accepted up to two weeks prior to course start, room &
board available. Contact: Office of the Registrar, Banff Centre for the
Arts, Box 1020, Station 28, 107 Tunnel Mountain Or., Banff, Alta, TOL
OCO or call 403/762-6180.

Metchosin International Summer School for the Arts
Robin Hopper, Glaze and Colour, July 1-12

Steven Forbes Desoule, Throwing & Raku, July 1-5
Walter Dexter, Raku, July 6 -7

Noboru Kubo, Traditional Japanese Pottery, July 6 - 7
contact Meira Mathison, RR#1, Pearson College, Victoria, BC
V9B 577 or call 604/391-2430 or toll free 1-800-667-3122.

Island Mountain Summer Courses -***

Handbuilding with Denys James, using an adobe kiln

July 27-30, $160

Etruscan Handbuilding with Zelijko Dujundzic, Aug. 1-4, $160
Contact Island Mountain Arts, Box 65, Wells, BC VOK 2RO0 or call
1-800-442-2787 for applications and more information.

Wood-firing Workshop and conference in Flagstaff, Arizona.
During the firing and cooling of the wood kilns their will be demos and
lectures by several potters. July 15 - July 25, cost $50 (US),
accommodation can be arranged. Contact Northern Arizona Art
Museum & Galleries, Box 6021, Flagstaff, AZ, 86011 or call Don
Bendel at 520/523-1027 or Paula Rice at 520/523-1028. You are
encouraged to bring bisqued pots to participate in firing, Lectures by
Peter Voulkos, Rudy Autio, Toshiko Takaezu and Janet Mansfield.

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