Joan Beck, of the Cariboo Potters Guild, has invited me to give a workshop. It’ll be fun to travel up the Cariboo Highway for the weekend. My previous workshop with this group was in 2000! I’ve chosen to take the Greyhound bus so that I can take a box of supplies with me but also to see the beautiful and so varied BC landscape. I’m rather tired of air travel for the moment.

As this blurb suggests, I will be throwing and assembling a jugbird or two, as well as demonstrating how I use slips. We’ll make tiles and slab plates to experiment with slip application, so this weekend will be useful for beginners as well as experienced wheel-throwers. I gather the guild need a few more registrants so if you’d like to spend a weekend in Williams Lake do join us. I’m sure billets can be arranged. Anyone want to go up with me? I plan to go on Friday morning early and return on Monday.

May 16 -18: Gillian McMillan Workshop –

We need more people!! If you are thinking about this workshop give Joan a call.

This workshop is for beginner to advanced potters.
The Cariboo Potters Guild is sponsoring a workshop with Fraser Valley potter Gillian McMillan May 16 evening, all day Sat 17, and Sun18.
Gillian will demonstrating making charming and useful “jug birds” with thrown and altered pieces

as well as helping us make and decorate hand built plates and tiles.

There will be slide talks and potluck dinners. She will talk about her time as Artist in Residence at Medalta Potteries in Medicine Hat Alberta.

For more information about the workshop beckspottery@hotmail.com or call 250-392-5573.

For information and pictures of Gillian and her work check this site. http://www.gillianmcmillan.com/bio.php

Cost $120 non guild member $130

Register by May 1 2014 Let Joan know if you are interested asap. Cheques for workshop go in the box on the shelf by the door at the studio.

Make out cheques to Cariboo Potters Guild.