This newsletter, edited by Heather Strong, includes:
Editorial by Joanne Richards
Regional Editors – Tony Smither (South Devon), Pauline Ivimey-Cook (Mid and North Devon), Joanne Richards (Central Somerset), Lionel Philips (South Somerset), Hugh West (Cornwall), Frank Penning (Avon)
Chairwoman’s Letter by Doreen Gardner, including news about the WPA Directory
Meeting House Exhibition, November 1999 by Anita Peach
WPA in the Year 2000 by Mary Sutton
Potter’s Tips from Mole Cottage by Mark Donaldson
From Pauline Donaldson, Activities Officer
Notes from the Potters’ Festival 1999 by Sandra Hare
Yellow Rubber Gloves, a Red Dragon and a Raffle, by Joanne Richards
Billy Adams at Bickleigh by Mary Sutton
Advert for Female Student seeking Work Experience with a Potter or Sculptor
Midsummer Madness by Margaret Pilkington
From your own Foreign Correspondant by Jennie Hayman
Members’ News by Peter Lee
Members’ News from Sandra Hare
Advert for Shared Pottery Workspace Available near Plymouth
Report on Workshop Visit to Roger Harris by Joanne Richards
Stoneware by Woodfiring/Steinzeug aus dem Holzbrand by Frank Goddard
Donyatt Pottery by Frank Goddard
Book Review: The Potter’s Question and Answer Book by Gill Bliss, reviewed by Kate Bilson
Correction to Report on Workshop Visit to Richard Godfrey by Joanne Richards
Advert for HND in Design Crafts at Bridgwater College
Notes from Your Travelling Potter by Jennie Hayman
Items of Interest, including:
Celtic Pottery Course at Peat Moors Centre, Somerset
Raku Course in the South West of France
Would You Like to Help in Albania? by Joanne Richards
Do You Want to Earn an Extra £10k Per Year? by Mark Donaldson
Gnarly Dudes Exhibition of English Anagama Fired Stoneware in Dartmoor at Powdermills Pottery
Tim Andrews, Maturing in Clay, Woodbury Gallery Exhibition
Kilns for Sale
Advert for Studio Pottery/Ceramics in Society, £24 for 4 quarterly issues, full subscription rate £27.50
Forthcoming Exhibitions by Joanne Richards
Welcome to 26 New Members
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Refurbished Pottery Equipment from Bates Electrical
Kiln Furniture Supplies from Walter Brayford
Bruce Chivers, Vacuum Formed Fibre Kilns
Summer Workshops with Ian Gregory, Dorset
Cranford Barn Glazes by Roger Harris
Haughton Hare Pottery Supplies, Bickleigh, Tiverton
Creative Pottery Breaks with Moley (Mark Donaldson)
Valentine Clay Products
Don Keitch Kiln Repairs, Clyst Hydon, near Collumpton
Les Bainbridge Pottery Supplies
The Potters Connection Ltd
Committee August 1999 including Chairman Doreen Gardner, Secretary Mary Sutton, Treasurer Alan Clark, Pottery Festival Co-ordinator Mark Donaldson, Activities Officer Pauline Donaldson, Exhibition Officer Anita Peach, Publicity Officer Claire Winterton, Membership Secretary Lesley Cooper, Minuting Secretary Joanne Richards, Newsletter Editor Heather Strong