Claylines

Julia Gillmor of Nelson, Laurie Rolland,
RCA, and Lisa Henriques have been
included in a show which opened in early
May called “Crossing Boundaries” at the
Dashwood Gallery in Calgary AB. For
specifics go to
www.dashwoodgalleries.com

Jenny Smack, sculptural and functional
clay artist, is the featured local artist for
the month of June at the recently opened.

Object Design Gallery in Whistler.

Keith and Celia Rice-Jones are working
as Artists in Residence with students at
Burnaby South Secondary School on a
ceramic tile mural for the foyer of the
Michael J Fox Theatre. The mural is 14ft
wide and 24ft high, made up by 66 indi-
vidual panels 4ft x 16ins. 1600, 6x6 com-

then broken up to match the colours of
the original cartoon, which was an amal-
gam of many student ideas. Students will
do much of the laying down of the mosa-
ic but integration of the panels will be
done finally in-situ by Keith and Celia.

You can check out the image on their
website, www.wildricestudio.com,

Keith Rice-Jones has been invited to join
a group of international potters for the

Japan. This will be part of the World
Expo in Aichi.

Over 6 weeks the potters will work on a
joint piece that will become a permanent
installation in the park and on individual
work exhibitions in Nagoya and Tokyo.

BC Potters Guild member Derek Moore
began in ceramics at Langara College
under Sarah Coote, continued on at the

ated this May and is returning to
Vancouver. In the May issue of Ceramics
Monthly he was one of nine chosen for
the Emerging Artists 2005 show.

Rachelle Chinnery, Linda Sormin,

accepted to do a residency in Vallauris,
France. However this wonderful oppor-
tunity will not come to pass without
funding. They are waiting to hear about
grants.

Laurie Rolland and Rachelle Chinnery
were both accepted into the Biennale
exhibition in Korea.

Gillian McMillan has images of a tiled
metal table and a tray in the new Lark
Ceramics Book, Making and Installing
Handmade Tiles, by Angelica Pozo.

Many BC potters have their work illus-
trating Robin Hopper’s Making Marks,
Discovering the Ceramic Surface. Rachelle
Chinnery reviewed this book in the
January 2005 issue of BC Potters.

mercial bisqued tiles have been glazed and

Seihoji Ancient Kiln Park Festival in Seto,

Alberta College of Art and Design, gradu-

Jeremy Hatch and Tanis Saxby have been

June 2005

Aug 19-23 at the Rotary Centre of the Arts

Discover Kelowna’s downtown Cultural District! Once the center of
the Okanagan’s fruit packing industry this six block area along the
lakefront has been revitalized into a creative and thriving cultural
hub. Kelowna is a vacationer’s paradise of art galleries, wineries,
sandy beaches and 17 golf courses!

Aug 19/20 Two days of demonstrations by guest artists and opening of
potter’s exhibition at the Art Ark Gallery

Aug 21 Fun Day Open House: Demonstrations from local potters

Aug 22/23 Hands-on workshops with Trudy Golley and Linda Doherty

Phil Rogers HankMurrow Susy Siegele/Mike Haley Trudy Golley — Linda Doherty

Phil Rogers, UK will throw a selection of pieces including Yunomi, larger
bowls, bottles and pitchers and will then be faceting, cutting, impressing,
incising the clay surface and drawing various patterns through a white slip.

Hank Murrow, US will be showing new ways to begin, alter and trim pots
using his special tools; and he will share stories of his interesting experiences
with famous potters.

Susy Siegele and Mike Haley, US will assemble a large patterned block
from 10-15 colours of porcelain and then construct various pieces (teapot,
platter, birdhouse?) with slices off the block.

Trudy Golley, Alberta will demonstrate the low-tech method of making and
using plaster press moulds using a plaster and paper pulp mixture that she
developed called “Paperplaster’.

Linda Doherty, BC will cover basic use and maintenance of an extruder as
well as die making and ways to design and finish work. Examples will include
serving dishes, weaving bowls and combining extrusions with thrown and hanc-
built pieces.

EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION EXPIRES MAY 31

During the festival we are proud to host “BC in a Box”, an exhibition of small works
by members of The Potters Guild of BC, celebrating “Fifty Years of Excellence”

(ee Festival and workshops sponsored by The Okanagan Potters Association
OK PA with the generous support of Greenbarn Potters Supply, Vernon Potters Guild
and Kelowna Cultural Capital Partnership Program

For information & registration
Kelowna Clay Festival
Glenmore PO Box 30025 Kelowna, BC Canada V1V 2M4
(250) 762-5837 email: kelownaclayfestival@hotmail.com
www.members.shaw.ca/okpanews/clayfest05.html

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