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Four area artists busily prepare for showing 10 1977 I age By KAREN HARD Four semi professional art are exhibiting and selling their crafts in a ranch house behind Terra Inn March 19 and Agnes Olive of Terra Cotta will display pieces made of clay and different prints I am still experimenting cons for different effects by combining he painting with the pottery said Mrs Olive achieves special effects by using a variation of firing techniques for the pot iftry She fires pottery tunc tionally in a kiln she uses a sawdust method where saw dust is used as a fuel and she fires pottery outside In the old primitive way of using cow dung and By combining painting with pottery Mrs Olive has started printing colored pictures and designs on large plates Re cently she started working For printing she collagraph method a silk screen method and mono pnnls arc a col I made from anything placed on a temp plate she uses fish net or cardboard Silk screen effects are achieved by projecting an image on a screen and using to pull Ink through screen In areas not blocked out Mono- prints arc generally made on an etching press but the press costs so she uses a friend wooden mangle All forms of art start with the artist Idea of a design but as the print develops you improvise as When I see something exciting hap pening I go along with il and try to develop it she said Environment affects the mood of artists and in a city atmosphere I sure my work would be different than it Is I probably nave the primitive pieces or use different primitive methods she said borne of the different Ideas for her art work have been germinating in the back of her mind for many years sub consciously Although I m very critical of my own work I am not afraid to try working out an idea My family serves as pretty fair and honest critics she said Janice Smith Jrill be display ing sterling silver Jewellery set in She likes the style of jewellery simple but classic with onlemporary lines but she tries all designs all free form or geometric style has changed she sold in the last four years She designs plain settings some settings are adorned with semi precious stones but mostly from Canadian gems Mrs Smith enjoys working with gold she finds it easier than working with silver but gold is so expensive it feasible to design pieces in quantity She buys precious metals from a shop in Toronto in sheet form or in flat sheets with different thickness She hammers welds and casts the Metal is far more versatile than people think I keep a scrap Jar and melt down any scraps left over to be used again I iter Silver dust is used for my textiles she said When working with stones careful that my work doesn resemble Mexican jewillery Mexican jewellery Is nice but I am an and want my work to be my own she said This is Mrs Smilh s first private show she feels little rushed for time show is less than a week away Working with takes a lot of time she said lotto works with ptwter designing Jewellery plates gob lets music boxes For jewellery she odd stones or polished she wanted to use the craft as a career It is long past the poinl of being a hobby when you work hours a week she said The other artists feel the same way Mrs Smith has had her work accepted in the ton Gallery and House Sol She studied at Sheridan is continuing her studies at George Brown College Mrs Olive holds her own show annually his hid work exhibited In several juried Mrs has played her crafts In over shows given several work hops at Mohawk and Sheridan colleges and recently exhibited her work at the Ontario Science Centre The three women met through the Credit Valley Artisans where all three will be teaching work Jo has been paint for about fourteen ycirs but three years ago she started to become more serious about her painting and now it Is definitely not a hobby At the show she il exhibit mono prints and collagraphs using and water cot very picture Is one of a kind she said of this type The artists want Mrs Wnlterson has display Ihe display of their work at ed work various juried Terra Colla to be more than a shows but this is the first show show They are hoping to NOTICE TO RESIDENTS WARDS III and IV Applications are requested residents In the Ward III and Ward areas Georgetown who are Interested In being appointed to serve for the balance 1977 on the Halton Hills Public Library Board Interested residents should send to the by March a brief letter outlining background Information relative to their Interest In being appointed to this Board D Clerk Administrator Town of Halton Hills 36 Main Street South Georgetown Ontario READ ALL ABOUT IT SPECIAL OFFER Akai Cdn jpecnl I i ted offer on to your door lie dcdlcr and You II bo id you d d a very my the I about n your to your par in fo If ARRIVING SOON AT YOUR DOOR lit socials 11 Mrs John He Now we art into March already we those bitter cold February and we the diys until twin words Spring is here Quite number of families hive been down South in most of them It was 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