EXHIBITIONS

Elaine Brewer-White, “Comfort Food", at the
Sharli Gallery, 53 Lonsdale, North Vancouver,
October 13-30.

Jim Thornsbury & Linda Doherty, joint show at
Bernadette’s Gallery, 1200 Lonsdale, North Van-
couver, October 1-29,

Mingei: Japan's Enduring Folk Arts, Cartwright
Gallery, 1411 Cartwright, Granville Island, October
7 - November 27.

Jim Norton, Glass Show, "Random Patterns:
Chosen Forms”, at Terra Cotta, 3610 W. 4th
Avenue, Vancouver, until October 24. Melissa
Searcy follows in November with :“Out of a Bax”.

Fraser Valley Potters Guild, Juried Show ‘88, at
the Station Gallery, White Rock, October 21 — No-
vember 8,

The Greater Vancouver Weaver's and Spinners’
Guild is presenting thelr annual sale and exhibition
at Aberthau, West Point Grey C.C,, 4397 W. 2nd
Avenue, Vancouver, Friday, November 18, 1 -9
p.m.., and Saturday, November 19, 10-5 p.m.

Reaction to Seattle's two big Oriental shows are
coming in, and the consensus is, “Don't miss
Seattle Art Museum's “In Pursult of the Dragon”,
Tradition and Transitions in Ming Ceramics”, until
November 6, (206-625-8925)

You are invited to attend the Open House for
Design for Living. in celebration of DESIGN VAN-
COUVER, at Crafthouse, 1386 Cartwright, on
October 19th, 12 to 7 p.m. Design for Living is a
presentation of five interior settings featuring well-
designed functional furnishings and beautifully
made decorative objects. The show is on until the
end of October.

LOST AND MISSED

A paper-cutting board from the Guild office. Please
check your dark uninhabited comers for it.

Several library books of some import have gone
missing. Again, PLEASE check, even if you don't
remember taking it. We don't have a large library
budget and our librarians try their best to provide
good materials available for loan-but we can't afford
to lose them.

Richard Zakin, Electric Kiln Ceramics, #210.
Robin Hopper, Ceramic Spectrum, #203,
and Functional Pottery, #237,

A QUANDARY

On Commercial Drive here in Vancouver there tsa
second-hand store. It's one of those places in
transition, with undefined aspirations to become an
antique shop. Not a store, but a shop. So the
second-hand stuff they've accumulated ts all
spaced at least 6" apart, thus giving the opportu-
nity to carefully exarmine each object carefully
before investing.

I like such places and frequent them. This one,
however, presents me with a quandary. A year and
a half ago I saw a pot in the window that struck a
chord of recognition. I went inside and picked tt
up. It was 9° high, turquoise green glaze, untrim-
med foot, and had been thrown and beaten about.
Its price was $12.00,

It was obviously a piece done by a beginner and if!
had had twelve bucks I would have spent it on
something more appealing.

Last week | went down Commercial again and
looked into the sarme shop. The pot wasn't in the
window, but I did find it stashed away near the
back. Same price.

Now this wouldn't be a problem ff the piece hadn't
been one that | had made in 1969 at my Okanagan
Mission studio. I had been a beginner. 1 probably
got $12.00 for it then. So it hasn't gone down in
price. But it hasn't increased in value.

What does one do? The kindest thing would be to
buy it and give it a decent burial or drop it into
Burrard Inlet like Leonard Epp did with a boatload
of sculptures many years ago. But I'm too cheap to
put out the $12.00! I could accidently smash it in
the shop, and perhaps pay half price. I could send
a friend in to haggle for a cheaper price.

It's curious, isn't it, when one considers the thou-
sands of pots we've all made. How many will
appear, or end up deserted in second-hand stores
all across this province?

Bob Kingsmill

Congratulations

Sheila Lindfield was one of three recipients of the
Finning Award this summer and her work entitled
“Contrapuntal Bowl" was featured at the
Crafthouse Gallery in Septermber.

A note out of FUSION: the Ontario Arts Council
awarded Peta Halla ‘Creative Artist in the School's
Grant’ this summer,