There is little doubt that Mr. Riegyer has left some local potters just a little different than they were before. This is not to suggest that he has left them happior or even more know- ledgeable, This is to suggest that he has loft them a bit puzzled. Although he is himself blessed with an embarrassment of riches in terms of training and work-expericnee in the field of ceramics, he is not onc to belicve in "The Word". He believes the artist -- the potter -- will find most of his answers through personal experience and self-searching, not through rules and techniqacs required from others. Interesting are the points of view of two participating potters who shall be nameless. One said she felt she could werk more frecly and spentaneously aftor attending the workshop, without s0 much thinking and planning ahead of time, Another said she was s0 angry because Mr, Riegger did not answer certain questions about bon-fire firing, that when she went camping with her family, she tried to do some with local clay. Much to her surprise -- rules! rules! -- her one-day-old, much too wet pots came out of the fire without a crack. She also paid Mr. Riegger the ultimate compliment when she said, "He made me think", * P.NLE, Exhibit The B.C, Potters' Guild held a one-day exhibit and demonstration in the Home Arts Building at the P.N.E, on August 3lst. At this time many potters were out of town or had not been working during the summer. However, we were able to assemble a fairly representative selection of wheel-thrown pots, several in the bisque stage, and a number of hand-built picces. Demonstrating was done by Incke Leupen on a kick wheel provided by Coast Ceramics. An clectrie high-fire kiln, made in Vancouver and available at Coast Ceramics, was on display. The public showed considerable interest, particularly in the demonstration of throwing. Many enquiries were made regarding equlpucul, clay and glaze supplies, etc. The cooperation of those members who loaned their pots and who helped to staff the booth was greatly appreciated. 4, Many thanks to Ineke whose throwing brought the show alive to those who viewed it: # Glenn Lewis Exhibition, Sept. It is always more rewarding to make pots than to write about them and perhaps the most evident thing one could say about Glenn's pots is the obvious joy in the acceptance of the material - clay. So we saw them all = singing - it was good, There were about 200 pots shown at the Bau-.i Gallery in September, They were all made in 2 very short space of time - which seems to be a part of his whole procedure. Thy showed a clarity, uncluttered by many glaze tricks (there were only about five glazes used), An obvious strength of form and execution was obtained through quick decision and directness of purpose. Geeoration was confined mainly to the glaze application and various textural or hand inprints in the clay, There were also son.e porcelain plecos shown with gold lustre decoration. These were quite different in intent from the stonewnve pieces. The lustre was very blatant and used in a painterly way. These pots were mostly satirical and had a certain woolworth's chars about them, * Hycroft Annual Pottery Sale General: Hycroft l.ansion has now been officially booked for Novomber 24th, 1965, for the first of the proposed annual sales, The sale will opon at 2 p.m. and close at 9 p,m. Your executive would like to emphasize that they are not simply plao- ning a ‘rummage sale'. If the Hycroft Sale is to be established on a euccessful ycarly basis, then » public image of high standard is essential. In view of the foregoing all entries will be juried. Naturally standards will not be as high as those applicd to an exhibi- tion. Please send your best work anc do not regard the sale as a convenient way of disposing of your 'seconds', Tha Guild will charge a commission of 25% on sales which is sub- stantially lower than that charged by most commercial outlets, It should also be noted that any monics carned by the Guild will go