Don Hutchinson braved a cold November evening to be our guest. Members were very interested to hear his thoughts and experience on pricing. His many years of guiding college level ceramics students at Langara College have given him some useful ideas to consider when wondering why and how we work in clay. Using contributed bisque-fired bowls, a vase and a tea cup he first suggested one consider each piece carefully before glazing. He then introduced a whole range of decorating options, from underglaze with sgraffito, stain and frit mixtures, overglaze, commercial glazes and carefully tested studio-mixed glazes.

(The stain mixture is 60 frit 3124 (or other frit)/ 40 stain. Mix with water and paint over a cone 04 maiolica glaze or any higher-fire glaze).

He was delighted to see some plates brought back from Zhingdezhen by Carlene and Kay.

He finished his presentation with some real slides. They enabled him to talk about ceramic art history and enthuse about Greek terra sigillata painting, an elegant Chinese wine bottle, a Lucie Rie vase and his own drawing practice to refine his heron design.

Thank you Don, for a really interesting evening.