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Village Squire, 1976-11, Page 14potters wheels and can work at their own pace. They work away, talk to each other or listen to the radio. They've developed too, a good relationship with the other potters in the region, and the number seems to be exploding. Where only three to five years ago there were hardly any local potters, now there are several and night school pottery courses and other lessons are turning out more all the time. Until a few years ago, Addy explains. there were very fe‘v places to train as a potter. If you wanted training before you had to figure on having to travel. Now, however. many colleges are training potters and many professional potters are teaching amateurs. Still. she says, there doesn't seem to be any danger of flooding the market. If you're going to be a full-time potter. she says, you have to sell your work. If it doesn't sell, you have to get out. You have to be able to produce for the wholesale business to be able to make a living. That means working quickly and with consistent quality. The difference between professional and amateur potters. Rob says, is that matter of consistency.. Some amateur potters' pieces may be every bit as good as a professional's, but others may not be as good. There's a continuity and rhythm needed in throwing pots. he says and you keep this rhythm by working regularly while the amateur, working only now and then, may lose the rhythm. There is little competition between potters as compared to other fields of art, they say. Most potters are willing to share information with other potters just learning. While they've quickly come to know the other people in the area engaged in their own craft, they've had trouble meeting people sharing their other interests, Rob says. He's an avid wine maker, for instance, and would like to form a wine club, but so far hasn't found many people who are interested. He also loves theatre and remembers how in Toronto -e group would get together and choose a play for the evening, divide up the parts, and do a reading. He's gone as far as to advertise for people interested and had little response in his area. Still, with turning out pots by the hundred, fixing up the working area, renovating a house and raising his own food, one gets the feeling his hours might be kept quite full even if he doesn't get his other projects going. If you want to make v everything you do better, start by making yourself better. panncipacrmn The Canadian movement for personal fitness Fitness. In your heart you know it's right. 12, Village Squire/November 1976' /he dothes closet go gaucho! go everywhere, go smashing in your roomy, gaucho pants, smart bow blouse and striking vest. 36 North St. GODERICH 524-8572