POTTERS
GUILD
of BRITISH
COLUMBIA

Fae Ei
NEWSLETTER

@ be potters

May 2002 Volume 38 Number 5

Laura and Bruce Nyeste
Mud, Sweat & Tears Stuclio

When is a job nota job, when you are a production potter?

Production pxttery may not have the romantic ap- if the luck of practice was my problem so we rented
peal that the ‘one of akind’ pottery has. Infactitmay a wheel, which we set up in the living room. That
even be frowned on in some circles, bulsomeonehas = evening Bruce sat at the wheel and made a bowl, He
to de tt, and we are pleased it 1s us. was hooked —...... amd I lost the wheel.

We don't call ourselves artists. in the strictest sense. Six months later he gave up his real job and we
We consider ourselves craftsmen, but of course we became ‘potters’.
still strive to produce aesthetically pleasing pots.

dee Nyeste poge Jt

Bruce and [ think we have the best of all
workds, We make a living from home doing
something we love to do.

Pottery started for us in New Zealand, in the
mid 1970s. When our children were small, I
wanted to develop an interest outside the
home and the local college was offering only
two courses, one in cake decorating, and the
other in pottery, Luckily | made the right
decision. The class was crowded, 24 partici-
pants and 8 wheels; that meant 20 minutes per
class per student, Aftera couple of semesters
Teould barely centre clay, but] had learnt abot

of handbuilding techniques. I needed to know Laure and Brace in their seadin
and samples of their honey pots