felt that such harmony is more readily achieved by using the subdued
colour range of stoneware glazes where the demarcation between clay
and glaze is subtle; where the two are married; where the glaze
brings out the surface and grain of clay in much the same way as oil
accentuates the grain of wood, and where the clay itself strongly
influences the colour and quality of the glaze. By contrast, glazes on
earthenware tend to remain as distinct, separate layers - to continue
the analogy, the difference between painted wood and oiled wood.

In summary, if we accept the proposition that strong colour will tend to
dominate a pot, then it is difficult to strike the harmonious balance
that we have promulgated. Perhaps we should add that the ideas
expressed in this editorial are not new concepts. They re-state an
aesthetic that has concerned Western potters over the past fifty years
or so and Oriental potters for hundreds of years. Possibly we are
moving towards an era of more painterly pots, spurred on by the
impact of "pop art". It would also seem that demarcation: between
"craft", sculpture and painting are becoming more and more blurred.

a Qe ditor

* Canadian Guild of Potters Newsletter - September 1966 *

There is a feeling that the nature of a national workshop should be to
make available to the members as much as possible of the knowledge
of the specialist conducting the workshop. In many ways this is not
achieved when a person of diverse talents is explaining the broad
nature of his approach, All too often, although the workshop is re-
freshing and stimulating, the details are lost. To this end we

would like to begin a library of slides, film and tape covering these
and related subjects. If this idea interests you or your group, would
you please write and let us know, as it would be foolish to embark on
such a project unless there was sufficient interest. I mention this
partly to reassure members who were perhaps a little apprehensive
that we were going to put a finger on the individual and say "Your
glazes or your life!" or some such indelicate demand. Nothing like
that was planned but the Guild should be a medium of collaboration

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