a tisket... a tasket...

an exhibition by Linda Doherty
Opening reception: May 5th, 6-8pm,
Exhibition: May 5th to 30, 2005, Gallery of BC Ceramics

A tisket a tasket, you can’t put soup in a basket.
“What do you do?”
Im a potter.
“What do you make?”
Pots.
“What kind of pots?”
Mostly functional.

These simple questions cause me to examine why I make functional pots. Even when I
try to make a non-functional piece it usually ends up with a hole in the top or it is use-
ful in some way. On rare occasions the position of a piece in the wood kiln causes it to
become non-functional i.e. too cruddy to eat from. (Apologies to Paul Davis)

In my 30 years of being a potter I have not limited myself to one style or method of
working. I like to push the limits of clay and use it as you might use wood or glass or
wicker: miter it or slump it or weave it. The function is not always obvious.

When people see my pots, they often ask, “What can I use it for?” I used to find this
annoying and wanted to reply “Use your imagination” but on reflection I should be
grateful. Perhaps if no one can find a use for a piece we can call it Art. On the other
hand [d rather say “You can’t put soup in a basket”.

Linda Doberty

Photos courtesy Linda Doherty

8 Potters Guild of British Columbia Newsletter

BC in a Box Opens

The inaugural show of BC in
A Box will be at Blackberry
Gallery in Port Moody on
May 5th 6.00 to 8.00. The
show will run until May
29th. It will then travel to
Victoria, Saltspring, Kelowna,
Salmon Arm, Williams Lake,
Quesnel in — subsequent
months, and possibly beyond.
It is a brilliant and varied
“Best Collection” so hope to
see as many of you as possible
at the kick-off and making an
evening of it by getting to
Linda Doherty’s opening too,
at our own Gallery.

Pottery
and Archaeology
Tour of SW
England

October 1 - 16,
2005

Join archaeologist Alan
McMillan and potter Gillian
McMillan on a two week bus
tour of potteries, galleries
and archaeological sites in
South-Western England and
South Wales. We will start in
London and wind up at ‘The
Potteries’ in Stoke-on-Trent.
For a detailed itinerary etc.
go to wwwskiesunlimited.com
or call Josephine 604 461
4289 or toll free 1 888 280
6890. Or email or phone
Gillian, |©mcmillan@sfu.ca
604 937 7696.

May 2005