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March 1994 1 William Hunt............................................. Editor Ruth C. Butler.............................Associate Editor Kim Nagorski............................. Assistant Editor Randy Wax........................................Art Director Mary Rushley......................Circulation Manager Mary E. Beaver ....Assistant Circulation Manager Connie Belcher...................Advertising Manager Spencer L. Davis.................................. Publisher Editorial, Advertising and Circulation Offices 1609 Northwest Boulevard Post Office Box 12788 Columbus, Ohio 43212-0788 (614) 488-8236 FAX (614) 488-4561 Ceramics Monthly {ISSN 0009-0328) is published monthly except July and August by Professional Publications, Inc., 1609 Northwest Boulevard, Columbus, 0hio43212-0788. Second Class post age paid at Columbus, Ohio. Subscription Rates:One year $22, two years $40, three years $55. Add $10 per year for subscrip tions outside the U.S.A. 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All rights reserved 2 CERAMICS MONTHLY March 1994 3 4 CERAMICS MONTHLY VOLUME 42, NUMBER 3 • MARCH1994 Feature Artides Sandy Vitarelli:A Potter in Maui by Mabel Enkoji ........................................................ 30 Portfolio: Coille McLaughlin Hoovenby Karen Greene................................................................. 33 Sandy Vitarelli For a public art commis Sadashi Inuzukaby Gloria Hickey ..................................................................................... 41 sion, this Maui potter recently produced 15 thrown-and-assembled, 41/2-foot-tall stone A Reflection of Environmentby Jolyon Hofsted............................................................. 46 ware vases decorated with sgraffito imagery based on Hawaiian flora and fauna; her Meditations on the Garden Potby Suzanne Staubach ................................................... 49 story begins on page 30. John Woodward.................................................................................................................... 51 More Glaze Calculation Software Mary More Glaze Calculation Softwareby Rick Malmgren ................................................... 52 land studio potter Rick Malmgren exam ines the strengths and weaknesses of six The Hydnocerus Seriesby Paul Sherman ........................................................................ 54 computer glaze programs; page 52. The American Way .......................................................................................... 57 The American Way Juried by American Byzantine Serres Ceramicsby Mary Kelton Seyfarth ...................................................... 60 ceramists Scott Chamberlain and Betty Woodman, a touring exhibition of imagi Feats of Clay VI................................................................................................................... 91 native yet functional North American pots is challenging concepts across the United Smokeless Saggar Firingsby Macy Dorf......................................................................... 92 Kingdom; see page 57. Up Front Angela Verdon ....................................................................................................................... 14 Rising from the Ashes .......................................................................................................... 14 Warren MacKenzie and Friends ......................................................................................... 16 Connecticut Annual .............................................................................................................. 18 Lidia Zavadsky ...................................................................................................................... 18 Miniature Teapots ................................................................................................................. 18 National Invitational ............................................................................................................ 20 On Tableware by Deborah Padgett ....................................................................................... 20 Steve Davis-Rosenbaum ...................................................................................................... 22 Peter Powning ....................................................................................................................... 22 Tom Fisher ............................................................................................................................. 24 California Collegiate Ceramic Competition ..................................................................... 24 William C. Davis ................................................................................................................... 26 Contemporary Salt Glazers ................................................................................................. 26 Rick Dillingham, 1952-1994 ............................................................................................... 26 A Reflection of Environment Just as loca Departments tion and available equipment have affected his work in the past, a new gas kiln has Letters ...................................................... 8 Suggestions ............................................. 84 brought New York ceramist Jolyon Hofsted Classified Advertising........................... 94 “out of reduction withdrawal”; page 46. Video ........................................................ 28 Call for Entries ....................................... 65 Comment: The cover Porcelain potter/sculptor Coille Poisonous Pedagogy? McLaughlin Hooven in her Berkeley stu Questions ................................................ 68 by Beth Randall .................................... 96 dio; see the portfolio beginning on page 33. Calendar .................................................. 72 Index to Advertisers............................. 96 March 1994 5 Letters was looked upon by classmates as almost forded those who show, are pointing to the having come from Mars—no one had heard important realities in which these shows of Latvia, and if they had, their response wasoperate. Beumee Salute “Oh, but isn’t that Russia now?” Great and But we are certainly not bound by only The publication of David Beumee’s wonderful as America is, it is a political two options: that of continuing to lift the article in the January 1994 issue of CM was entity, and we who are Americans by virtue lucky few on the shoulders of the many our most prized holiday gift. What joy to see of immigration, post-Columbian, are Ameri “young, naive, gullible and hopeful” (Lou’s David’s pieces and thoughts inCeramics cans because we swear to uphold its laws anddescriptions), or of not funding or under Monthly. He is a paradigm of the traditional ideals. Yet we are free to celebrate St. funding important shows. Surely there must American vessel maker. We salute Beumee’s Patrick’s Day, have polka festivals, open be a variety of options that satisfy the con work and CM’s recognition of his views on Greek restaurants, and so on throughout the cerns of all who have written on this issue. porcelain. spectrum of our ethnic origins. But as a One way to begin thinking about this Tom and Denise Tumquist, Lakewood, Colo. Latvian, one is aboriginal; the tribes of the may be to acknowledge the necessity of show Balts and Finns having carved out holdings fees, and to accept the necessity of refundable Pat on the Back on those Baltic shores many thousands of applications. It might go like this: Show I was thrilled to see the article “Back to years ago. We maintained our culture and planners know