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Call for Entries

The annual Filberg Festival
takes place in the Comox Valley
on Vancouver Island.

July 30 through
August 2, 2010

This event attracts SERIOUS
shoppers (some wholesale and
gallery buyers too) looking
for quality, handmade
Canadian art and craft.

Filberg Heritage Lodge & Park
61 Filberg Road, Comox, BC

Booth fee reductions
available for students!

Make 2070 your year
to promote your work to an
educated and discerning
clientele.

Deadline for delivery of Jury
entries is February 21.
See our website for details.

www.filbergfestival.com

Expressing Mood, Continued from Page 5.

Marine gloss or varnish over acrylic protects
the sculpture from the elements. Using
undercoats proved to be the key to realizing
the colours I wanted for hair, lips, ears, eyes
and joints. I soon discovered the challenge
in obtaining a realistic skin colour on my
work. Starting with undercoats (orange for
Caucasian, green for Asian, purple for First
Nations and blacks,) I now add various

colours to arrive at a suitable tone. Titan buff

black. And, dabbing the colour on after the
undercoat works best; avoid full coverage as
you add.

MISSA, now entering its 26th year, is
located on the Lester Pearson College of the
Pacific on the southern-most tip of Vancouver
Island. More information is available from the
MISSA website at www.missa.ca.

Pat Preston is a Potters Guild of BC member
who lives and works in Vancouver.

has proved most helpful in reaching a good
Caucasian tone. A touch of white pearl has
also worked well. Grace’s grey hair began
with blue, then purple, then some white and

Chop Marks & Signatures

Send in your chops and have them available through the guild. For the form, click on the
link here: www.bepotters.com/forms/chop_marks_form.doc

You can email it back to Debra Sloan at sloanyip@shaw.ca as an attachment. Or print
and mail your sheet[s] to Potters Guild of BC , 1359 Cartwright Street, Granville Island,
Vancouver, B.C. VGH 3R7 attention: chops.

www.geeenbarn.com

9548 192 Street,
Surrey, B.C, V4N 3R9

Tuesday-Friday 9-5
Saturday 9-1

Ween Darn

FIP RMETR Ge Phone: 604.888.3411 Closed Long Weekends
phone 250-334-9242 or email: Fax: 604.888.4247 POTIERS SUPPLYLTD. — greenbarn@telus.net
info@filbergfestival.com
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