This newsletter, edited by Joanne Richards, 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), Julia Hamilton (East Cornwall), Jean Craven (West Cornwall), Frank Penning (Avon)
Chairwoman’s Letter by Doreen Gardner
Reports by Joint Exhibition Officers, Hugh West and Lorraine Coles
Report by Activities Officer, Nancy Wells, including the WPA Stand set-up at Bickleigh 1997
Publicity Officer’s Report by Mariette Grantham
Pottery Tips from Cranford Barn by Roger Harris
Potters’ Tips from Mark Donaldson
Book Review by Kate Bilson
Letter from Registrar at Falmouth College of Arts
Attending an Auction by John Jeffs
Bridgwater Potters’ Day by Jenny Wasson
Open College Network Ceramics Course by Jenny Wasson
Objects of our Time – Exhibition at the Crafts Council Gallery by Mariette Grantham
‘Flame ‘n’ Bricks’ – a Practical Kiln Building Extravaganza at Stoke led by Nick Williams, Steve Mattison and Meri Well
London Clay: Urban Studio Ceramics – V & A Museum May 1997
Weekend Workshop by Debbie Prosser and Peter Smith
Workshop Space Available by Nancy Wells
Biennale Internationale D’Art Ceramique – 2nd Edition: Brussels, Belgium
Did You Suffer from a Freezing Workshop this Winter? by John Shore
How You can Become a Newsletter Editor by Joanne Richards
20th Century Studio Potters’ Marks by Treston Holmes
A Brief Insight into my Life! by Jean Craven
A Brief Biography by Julia Hamilton
Summer Show, Atkinson Gallery, Millfield, Street, Somerset by Joanne Richards
The Continuing Career of Ian Gregory by Joanne Richards
The Exeter Mediaeval Fayre
John Maltby and David Leach Present Courses at Aberystwyth Arts Centre
RAIN – Visiting Native American Artists from the Southwest at the Museum of Mankind, London
‘Blue and White’ – The Birth of Worcester Porcelain, exhibition at Chepstow Museum
List of Forthcoming Exhibitions by Joanne Richards
Important Dates for your Diary this Summer by Joanne Richards
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Creative Pottery Breaks with Mark and Pauline Donaldson
Comprehensive Supply of Kiln Supplies and Materials, Hugh West, Cornwall
Bruce Chivers, Vacuum Formed Fibre Kilns
Haughton Hare Pottery Supplies, Bickleigh, Tiverton
Lotus Pottery Supplies, Michael Skipworth, Stoke Gabriel, Nr. Totnes
Summer Workshops with Ian Gregory, Dorset
Testing Ceramics for Food Use by Due Diligence Ltd, Exeter
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Potters’ Crossword
WPA Committee as of February 1997 (temporary list, list not available with the newsletter): Doreen Gardner (Chairwoman), Peter Lee (Secretary), Mark Donaldson (Treasurer), Joanne Richards (Newsletter Editor), Treston Holmes (Membership Secretary), Hugh West and Lorraine Coles (Joint Exhibition Officers) Mariette Grantham (Publicity Officer), Nancy Wells (Activities Officer)