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saltspring island workshop

updated thu 16 nov 00

 

Joan L. and James D. Warren on tue 14 nov 00


LYNNE JOHNSON
CLAY WORKSHOP

SALTSPRING ISLAND, B.C. FEBRUARY 10 & 11, 2001
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Join us for a rare weekend of extraordinary pottery and Saltspring
hospitality. The SALTSPRING POTTERS GUILD is hosting a workshop with LYNNE
JOHNSON. who is presently in Japan, potting and exploring. Lynne is excite=
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about the regions she has visited, and in her words, =B3Has stories to tell.=
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She has visited Shigaraki, Bizen, (the influence for her present wood-fired
work, ) Seto, Kyoto, Tanba/Sasyama, Takoname, and Takarazuki., and will
presently be in Tokyo to see Mashiko and Kassama pottery.

Lynne has had her work shown at the Victoria Art Gallery, and was a feature
artist at the B. C. Gallery of Ceramics in Vancouver. Her tea bowls can be
found in the 1995 Autumn Contact magazine.

Please join us for two exciting and informative days with LYNNE JOHNSON a=
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she demonstrates her thrown and altered forms and other techniques she
incorporates in her unique Japanese lanterns, bamboo vessels, and functiona=
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ware. The Workshop will be held in our Artspring Centre, Saturday Feb.
10th, 10 am to 4 pm and Sunday, Feb. 11th, 10 am to 3pm. There will be a
pot luck dinner and slide presentation of Lynne=B9s work and travels, Feb. 9t=
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at 6pm at 720 Beddis Road. Come join us for clay , food and fun.

For registration, and accommodation, (billets are available,) or more
information, phone Beth Feller @ 250 537-2184, or e-mail:
katepwa@saltspring.com Registration deadline is January 31, 2001. Cost is
$75.00 CDN for Guild members , $85.00 non-members, and $5.00 for pot-luck
dinner and slides only.
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LYNNE JOHNSON WORKSHOP February 10th and 11th,
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Cheque enclosed__________ Payable to: Saltspring Potters Guild
Mail to : Ms. Beth Feller, 695 Mansell Rd., Saltspring Island. B.C.
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