Made of Clay 2002

Well another Made of Clay show at Performance Works, Granville Island, has come and
gone. The weather worked in our favour even though it looked like it was going to hail
us out Sunday. The sun came out and so did the people. From the questionnaire filled out
by the presenters, it appears that everyone had fun with the other presenters. The
discussion asia the potters often strayed to the topic of subsidiary effects of the show.
People were discussing how many
good things come out of being a
part of such an event, Whether
it'snew glazes, tips or tricks from
other potters or trading wares and
coming home with a mice big bag
of new pots, all the way to having
galleries become interested in new
work. The biggest concer, as al-
ways, was attendance. However
some potters did very well in sales.
The attendance was up from last
year with a total of just over 1100 people coming through the doors. We will continue
to strive for higher attendance but it’s good to know thal current records are stable. We
will also make a bigger focus on the galleries and other shops to increase the possibility
for wholesale and consignment deals. If you know of a place that should be included,
Please forward me the information.

During this year’s event, we hired a professional photographer to take shots of people's
pats, By splitting the equipment fees and not having to pay for a studio, we managed to
get some fairly good documentation for a very fair price, There was still room for
improvement but we will fix these small issues when we do it again next year.
Unfortunately this was a last minute thing so we didn't have time to let the rest of our
members know about it. We will let everyone know in plenty of time next time so that
non-presenting members can also take advantage of this offer.

The You Too Can Raku and demonstration area are a real nice toch and I thought it
helped complete the whole experience. We will try and organize something for the
Christmas show but I'm not sure just what it will be.

I'd like to say thank you to everyone that helped out and to all the presenters that made
my job easy. The show looked great and the calibre of the Work was fantastic. I think that
it Was a great representation of both emerging and established British Columbian potters
and I'm really proud to have been a part of the whole experience,

The dates for the Made of Clay at Christmas show at the Roundhouse are November
29-December 1, Look for an application in an upcoming newsletter.

Jim Stamper

Made of Clay organizer

Left and above: Keith Rice-
Jones and Bruce Nyeste
demonstrate at Made of Clay

June 2002

Potters Guild of British Columbia Newsletter

President’s Report

The annual general meeting of the Potters
Guild of BC was beld Friday May 3 fol-
lowing Made of Clay's opening day. Busi-
ness was completed fairly quickly, This
year's Board of Directors includes Jacqui
Berglund, Ron Feicht, Ronda Green,
Maggi Kneer, Lewis Krzyczkowski,
Markian Kyba and Jim Stamper, Karen
Opas will act as a guest secretary. Ronna
Ander who revitalized the Guild member-
ship system, (a list of members is now
available upon request) and organized the
You Too Can Raku fundraisers, stepped
down, Rosemary Leavitt who spent too
many hours trying to make sense of the
accounting system also resigned.

The bratwurst and beer barbecue was wel-
come and the clay games were fun. Gordon
Hutchens was the game's host and the
competition was fierce but Ron Vallis and
Rachelle Chinnery took first place with
their clay building skills, chemistry wiz-
ardry and knowledge of ceramic history.

Ron Vallis and Rachelle Chinnery

Jim Stamper and his volunteers did a ter-
rific job organizing the Made of Clay.

Letia Richardson, Rachelle Chinnery and
Gillian McMillan will continue to publish
the stellar be potters newsletter.

Frank Turco is always happily available as
the Guild's legal adviser.

And the Gallery is flourishing nicely,
thanks to Kimcha Rajkumar, our Man-
ager, the retail staff and Gallery commit-
tee: Maggi Kneer, Celia Rice-Jones, Sheila
Morissette, Pia Sillem and Jinny White-
head.

Thank you everyone.

Ronda Green, President