Making What the Eye Wants to Touch

A workshop with Chris Staley February 11th & 12th, 2005 Guild Members: $96.30, prior to January 10th, $107.00 after.

“When makers of clay objects come together they touch and enrich each other's lives.”

The Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, the Potters Guild of BC and the Fraser Valley Potters Guild are pleased. to present Chris Staley, professor of Ceramic Arts at Penn State University since 1990 and. former member of the Archie Bray Foundation’s Board of Directors. Chris holds an MFA from Alfred Univeristy, a BFA from Wittenburg University and was a Special Student at Kansas City Art Institute in 1977-78. For the past 24 years, he has taught over 100 workshops worldwide. He has pots in major museums - including the Smithsonian Institute in Washington and England’s Victoria and Albert Museum - as well as in friends’ cupboards. He has had 27 solo exhibitions.

Chris once wrote an article entitled

“How a Handmade Cup Can Save the World’.

In his own words, “The essence of making pots, for me, is about being human. It’s about strength and fragility. Its about the intimate moment when the handle of a cup touches the hand It is about making what isn’t there compelling. When we stop to take notice of how handles feel or how some sculptures makes us think twice about what we are seeing, we slow down, take stock, become more aware of ourselves and things around us. We become more sensitive. I believe some- thing good comes of this - we become more willing to under- stand and appreciate what life has to offer.”

Chris has created works ranging from platters, cups and. teapots to large, expressive bowls. His pieces appear to have been shaped by personal and natural forces - from useful to purely expressive pottery, whose shapes have evolved through many revisions and refinements over the years. Watch for fur- ther details on this workshop in upcoming issues.

For information or registra- tion, contact the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts at 604- 291-6864. Quote Barcode # 84946

Sharon Reay

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Potters Guild of British Columbia Newsletter

September 2005