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
Workshop Visits by Pauline Donaldson
Report by Exhibition Officer, Anita Peach
Cartoon by Paul Wells
Potter’s Tips from Mole Cottage by Mark Donaldson
Report on WPA Workshop Visit to Mole Cottage by Barbara Morris
Advert for Sale, Webcot Single Phase Kiln, £150 by Hariette Dickinson
Report on WPA Workshop Visit to Roger Cockram by Mary Sutton
Advert for Studio Pottery/Ceramics in Society, £21 for 4 seasonal issues, full subscription rate £27.50
Exhibiting and Selling at Trade Fairs, Training Day by Crafts Council/South West Arts by Jean Craven and Sally Burke
A Trip to The Mythic Garden by Jennie Hayman
Advert for Dangor Professional Clay Extruder, £250, by Alan Clark
Full Page Advert for Victorian Style Town House with Former Pottery, Somerset, £200,000 by Palmer Snell Estate Agents
Report on My Summer Visits by Joanne Richards
Bridgwater Arts Centre Christmas Selling Exhibition by Joanne Richards
Potter’s Tips by Mariette Rennie
Christmas Sales Adverts by Nic and Jackie Harrison, Trelowarren Pottery, Cornwall, Karen Edwards and Andrew Bryden (Pots Plus 4) Yatton, Marion Valder, Smoke Fired Ceramics, Ivybridge, and Nancy Wells, Old School, North Curry
Advert for House with Pottery for Sale near Tiverton, Devon, £120,000 by Tilly Young
Advert for Don Keitch Kiln Repairs, Clyst Hydon, near Collumpton
Cartoon Postscript to Bickleigh ’98 by Paul Wells
Items of Interest to Potters, including:
Book Offer, Winchcombe Pottery by Ron Wheeler
South Wales Potters’ Weekend Conference at Abergavenny by Alan Clark
Nine Memorial Exhibitions in Tribute to Bob Washington
Takeshi Yasuda Exhibition at Sherbourne by Frank Goddard
100 Devon Potters by Paul Vincent, Editor of Studio Pottery
Glazed Expressions: Contemporary Ceramics and the Written Word by Jane Dalton
Forthcoming Exhibitions by Joanne Richards
Forthcoming Exhibitions for Somerset Arts Week by Frank Goddard
WPA Bickleigh Summer 1998 Income and Expenditure
A Warm Welcome to Nine New Members
Advertisements:
Creative Pottery Breaks with Mark and Pauline Donaldson
Bruce Chivers, Vacuum Formed Fibre Kilns
Summer Workshops with Ian Gregory, Dorset
Haughton Hare Pottery Supplies, Bickleigh, Tiverton
Cranford Barn Glazes by Roger Harris
Lotus Pottery Supplies, Michael Skipworth, Stoke Gabriel, Nr. Totnes
Free Advertising in the WPA Newsletter for Members by Heather Strong
Committee October 1998 including Chairman Doreen Gardner, Secretary Mary Sutton, Treasurer Alan Clark, Pottery Fair Co-ordinator Mark Donaldson, Activities Officer Pauline Donaldson, Joint Exhibition Officers Anita Peach and Hugh West, Publicity Officer Mariette Rennie, 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 and Mailing of Newsletters by Victor and Wendy Holst