November 1980 NEWSLETTER —13SN a8 g12x

The Potters Guild of British Columbia

315 West Cordova Street, Vancouver, B.C. V6B 1E5

MEETING, Nov. 19, weds., VanDussn Gardens classroom at 37th and Oak. The informal, social part of the evening begins at 7 o'clock. People will be bringing their pots to show. Our official meeting will begin at &. Our speaker, throwing demonstrator will be Don Hutchinson, currently an instructor at Langara. Do try to come.

NOTES TO MEMBERS: October general meeting

The continuing large turnouts to the monthly meetings this year is very heartening. For the October meeting, the room in which we hold our meetings in was full to ca-- pacity and the social hour from 7 to 8 pm is a very popular time giving potters a chance to visit and catch up on each other's news.

During the business meeting, Marjorie Johnson reported that the exhibition commit- tee has invited 8 teachers of major Ceramic art programmes to exhibit in the Invita- tional Section of Ceramics ‘81. Also, the Hycroft Committee distributed their Hy- croft Sale posters, to be displayed in various districts.

The programme for the evening was presented by Monique Ferron from Montreal. Mon- igue, a member of the Canadian Ceramicists group now specializes in raku, and in her slides we were treated to a sample of the visual impact her work imparts. She approaches the gla.ing and decoration of her large platter forms rather like a painter to a canvas, using rich yet subtle color and design. She achieves this by applying body, glaze stwins with an air brush, thinly sprayed on glaze and paper cut-outs to creat resist patterns. She makes large sculptural wall hangings and mosaics anc showed us slides of the various kilns that she has designed and built specifically for these shapes, in order that they can be fired on one piece.

We were all glade we had the chance to meet Monique, and to be exposed to her ex- citing and very different approach to the raku process. Barbara

DECEMBER CHRIGTMAS MEETING, will be in the usual place, but on Dec. 10th. Feople are asked to bring an appetizer fer the sneck table and a friend. The guild will

provide the rest. Feople are also asked to bring a little gift to exchange worth about 32.

NEW MEMBERS

Bob Borsos Mayne Island, 6.C. VON 290 539-5376 Janet Dean 3775 W. 34th Ave., Van. VEN 2N9 261-5593 Peta Hall 6762 Dufferin Ava., We Vane, V7W 2K2 - Tony Hermsen Box 776, Enderby, VOE 1vo -

c/o Lazybones Fottery

Derrick Hill 1047 Walcott St., Duncan. VSL 1M5

Steven LePoidevin RR #3, Duncan, VSL 2X1 748-4975 Don Morrill 825 Prior St., Van., V6A 2G9 255-3376 Isao Sanami Morrill " " "

Pat Munro Box 2424, Smithers, VOJ 2NO0 -

Ray E. Richardson 10811 Hollymount Dr., Richmond, V7E 4Z3 271-2823 Teresa K. Saimoto 5838 Berwick St., Sby., V5H lw - - Suzanne Sellers © . 3051 Dryden way, N. Van., - Marlyn Turner 1481 Paiseley Rd., N. Van., V7R 1C5 985-1221 UBC Pottery Club Box 36, SUB, UBC Campus, Van. (Sec. Beth Carter) -

AND MORE NEW MEMBERS

Liz Calder #405 1875 Robson St., Van. B.C. VEG 1E

Hazel Hurtak 1232 Plateau Or., N. Van., 8.C., V7P oa Xavier Jacob - 1680 E. Kent St., Van., 8.C.. 325-8349 Barb Miller 4066 McGill St., Burnaby, 8.C., 1M5 VSC 291-0171 Judy Storr 4042 W. 13th Ave., Van., 8.C., V6R 2T4 224-7812 Carol Wong-Chu 35 E. 6th Ave., Van., B.C., V5T 138 - Mary white Box 119, Madeire Park, 8.C. 863-2730

MEMSERSHIP FEES students, $6. are due. Lower Mainland residents, $10, Out-of-towners, $7 and