This newsletter, edited by Joanne Richards, includes:
Editorial by Joanne Richards
Chairman’s Letter, including Clay Update, Malvern Spring Show and the AGM by Doreen Gardner
Regional Editors – Tony Smither (South Devon), Pauline Ivimey-Cook (Mid and North Devon), Joanne Richards (Central Somerset), Frances Mansfield (South Somerset), Julia Hamilton (East Cornwall), Jean Craven (West Cornwall), Mignon Korn (Avon)
Exhibition Report by Hugh West
Publicity Report by Mariette Grantham
Potters Tips from Mark Donaldson
Information about Earthstone Clay from Haughton Hare Pottery Supplies
Comment about WPA Recent Exhibitions by Mariette Grantham
Quotation from 1997 Radio Times by Christine West
Book Review by Kate Bilson
Review of “Earthworks” at The Black Swan Guild, Frome, by Mignon Korn, North Somerset Regional Editor
Review of “Potters in Parallel”, Barbican Centre, London, by Lorraine Coles
Report on the Devon Guild of Craftsmen by Jean Craven, Cornwall Regional Editor
B.A. Honours Ceramics at the University of the West of England by Frances Mansfield, Somerset Regional Editor
Report on the Exmouth Leisure Centre Ceramics Workshop by Pauline Ivimey-Cook, Devon Regional Editor
Workshop Visit to Mark Donaldson by Joanne Richards
Workshop Visit to Richard Wilson by Tony Smither, Devon Regional Editor
Workshop Visit to Ian Gregory by Anita Peach
Review of Bridgwater Potters Days with Jill Crowley and Jason Wason by Joanne Richards
Welcombe Pottery, North Devon – Past and Present
Peter Swanson at Rosudgeon Pottery
Ceramics Graduate of University of Wales Requesting Work Opportunities by Emily Davies
Calendar of Forthcoming Events by Joanne Richards
WPA Activities Report for 2nd Bickleigh Potters Fair June 1997
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Creative Pottery Breaks with Mark and Pauline Donaldson
Comprehensive Supply of Kiln Supplies and Materials, Hugh West, Cornwall
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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
Advert for Studio Pottery Magazine, £18 annual subscription for current members of UK pottery associations, full price is £32
Stow Potters Wheels Launching the new Stow Sargent Momentum Wheel, Chipping Norton, Oxon
Committee June 1997 including Chairman Doreen Gardner, Secretary Peter Lee, Treasurer Mark Donaldson, Activities Officer Nancy Wells, Joint Exhibition Officers Lorraine Coles and Hugh West, Publicity Officer Mariette Grantham, Membership Secretary Treston Holmes, Minuting Secretary Nicola Raffan, Newsletter Editor Heather Strong
In Addition to Regional Editors listed on Newsletter cover, Book Reviewer Kate Bilson, Mailing of Newsletters Victor and Wendy Holst, Assistant Activities Officer Maggie Scott