WORKSHOPS

Jacquie Rice, of Providence, Rhode Island, is offering a one-day workshop at ECCAD on Saturday, September 18th, from 10:30 am to 6:30 pm, Working in decorated and low-fired functional ware, and a student of Howard Kottler at U of W in Seattle, Jacquie has for the past cight years been a teacher and is Dean of Fine Arts atthe Rhode Island School of Design. She wasrecently visiting artist at Harbourfront in Toronto and has given workshops at NSCAD, Haystack, and Anderson Ranch, In the April “90 issue of Ceramics Monthly, she writes, “Anenduring fascination for the ornamental, that urge to embellish and enhance- from foxx, fashicn and flowers- is the key to my work. Functional work peeds to be tactile im a delicious sense, the way the petal of a flower is slightly fumpy or wrinkled to the eye, but velvetlike to the touch; it neeeds to look unpremeditated in form, selfless, but showing the hand, and in color, rich, like a lemon sabayon, piquant.” Having spent time in Italy studying indigenous ceramics, for some years she has produced her own line of majolica pottery for markets in the States,

In the workshop for us, she will show and discuss a barrage of slides, both in the morning and late in the afternoon; a demonstration of how she builds ber pieces willbe fitted within the discussion amd slides. Cost for the day is $30,14) for Guild individual and group members, $35.00 for non- members, and $25.00 for full-time students. Walter Ostrom in his recent visit said that she gives a great workshop. Please pre- register through the Guild office by phone or by sending in the form on page 8.

Are you bewildered by clay technology? Puzzled by glaze calculation? Can you assess aclay body for the appropriateness of it use? Ace you flexible toward changes in raw materials? Do clay and glaze thermal expansions play a role in your everyday patting life? Are you a vietim of shivering, shelling, crazing, dunting, thermal ratcheting or any other ceramic incompatabilities? Well, set aside your fear and loathing of these technical matters and spend aday with potter Jim Robinson as be attemps to unravel these mysteries, In a humorous and informative session, Jim will

help you to gain a clay and glaze overview with pertinent information and helpful strategies for settling your ceramic quenes.

Jim Robinson will present a one-day workshop on October loth at BECCAD, from $:30 am to 4:30pm. A studio potter since L371, he lives and works in the Southern Oregon Bear Creck Valley and is the author of several articles on clay and glaze formulation written for Studio Power Magazine, He will be able to field questions and provide information for potters working in high thru low temperatures, illustrated with slides, test bars, glaze samples and Fusion buttons. The intricacies and applicability of several methods of glare calculation will be address, along with the important areas of materials selection (both native and commercial) and clay body blending. (He has recently been experimenting and testing some new Flainsman bodies.)

Tn preparation, have a look if you can atthe Studio Potter magazine, Vol-9, No.2, 1981, Vol. 16, No.2, 1988, and Vol.21, No.1, 1992. Bring to the workshop your disasters, toumphs and puzzles. During the day, Jim will help to place them into a wide ceramic context and to illustrate the interponnections to be found among all clay work. Again pre- registration is requested, by phone or preferably by using the enclosed form on page 8,

LIBRARY UPDATE

Lynda Chelak has agreed to take on the task of looking afler the Library, but it's up to you to use it. As ameans of enticement, just a reminder of the publications that are available for reference purposes, We presently subscribe to Ceramics Monthly, Ceramics Review, the Studio Potter, and Contact, and also receive on exchange Fusion and Ontario Craft. Somme issues of the latest American Ceramics are on hand, as are many issues of ihe New Zealand Potter, The latest Ceramics Review includes an article by Paula Gustafson on the Canadian Craft Museum, and the summer issue of Studia Potter has a fascinating article on Beatrice Wood. We also have videos for rental, and a library list is available for those of you interested,

Bowls,

8" high, handbuilt earthenware, with low-fire giazes, by Jacquie Rice

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