at,

An imaginative way to begin which needs little equipment beyond
an alive and enquiring mind.

“Papago Indian Po:tery" by Bernard Fontana etc. University of
Washington Press.

Magazines:
Ceramics Monthly.
Craft Horizons. 44 West 53rd St., New York, New York 10019,
Pottery Quarterly. Novsthfields Studio. Tring Herts, England.

Gillian Hodge.

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Tne Monthly Meetings are covered by the newsletter but
just in case we have overlooked anything I will put in a short
report on them.

16.10.69.

Iris Smith reported that some of the time was taken with the de-
tails of Hycroft. The monthly workshops for Saturday afternoons
were discussed and the problem of the B,C,Government demand
that only trained teachers be allowed to give workshops. Ruth
Meechan and Gene Barker read a letter in which they expressed
their feeling that the Potters Guild was undemocratically mn -
and were promptly put on the constitution committee.

November

Richard Groom gave an illustrated talk with slides on the Mingea
pottery of Japan. He gave avery complete picture of this aspect
of Japanese life and set one's knowledge of the pottery in the
context of the other crafts. And made one long to go there before
it all disappears.

December
Ho-Ho-Ho and we had a jolly party.

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HYCROFT

The Hycroft Pottery Sale this year had several ideas implemented
which contributed to its success. It is suggested that in future
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