JUDY WEEDEN
POTTERY WORKSHOP

SALTSPRING ISLAND:
JULY 16-28, 2007

This course 1s designed to be a time for
total tmmersion 1n the creative process for
students seriously committed to working
with clay. Students at any level of previous
experience will find invaluable stimulation
and new skills.

The primary focus is on form, its aesthetic
and its decoration,using traditional techniques
as stepping stones to personal expression.

TUITION $580
Space limited to 8 students

For further information, contact:

Judy Weeden,
125 Primsose Ln., Saltspring Is., B.C.,
V8K 1C1 Tel (250)537-5403

WWW.JUDYWEEDEN.COM

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known in the area. After introductions, I was taken through
his store-front and into his studio and production area. After
seeing his kiln, his work area, talking about his tools and how
he combines gas and wood firing to achieve his glaze color, I
left with the confirmation that it always pays to be in the right
place at the right time with the right attitude.

The rest of our trip was one synchronistic event after
another, meeting amazing people with astonishing skills in
the strangest of places: finding gallery owners who took the
time to welcome you into their galleries and show you their
newest potters’ work, being asked to sign into the museum’s
registry and being given an arm-band indicating to the security
personal that you were allowed to take photos, and that you
knew the museums rules for what could and could not be
photographed, meeting other potters at local craft shows and
talking about clay and glazes and being invited to their gallery
openings... I could go on forever! (And have nine gigabytes
of photos to remember what we saw and experienced.) But
the bottom line is that Japan is well worth the visit and is
mind-altering, if you allow yourself to take advantage of the
opportunities that are everywhere.

Would we go again? In a heartbeat!!@ Lenis Kennett

Discovery Art Travel

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UPCOMING CERAMICS EXCURSIONS

Sep 13-Oct 4, 2007 TURKEY

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Sep/Oct 2008 TURKEY
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2008/2009 MOROCCO, OAXACA, MEXICO

Phone: 250-537-4906 Email: denys@denysjames.com
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