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[email protected] Design/Production Orcas Island Pottery has operated, sustainably, in the woods since 1945. production editor Cyndy Griffith Facing the Canadian Coastal Range and the Salish Sea, artistic inspiration production assistant Kevin Davison is close at hand. Levi Vincent and Ryan Lawless work summers here as design Boismier John Design Editorial and advertising offices production throwers, living a potter’s dream. Levi has been using the Giffin 600 Cleveland Ave., Suite 210 Grip for many years, Ryan just got started. Westerville, Ohio 43082 Publisher Charles Spahr Editorial Advisory Board Linda Arbuckle; Professor, Ceramics, Univ.