Appleby College - Argus Yearbook (Oakville, Ontario Canada)

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i ., ; Two faces by Brian MacDonald were just a few of the crafts laid out on Parents ' Day for in- spection. As this year we had our pottery workshop, under the excellent instruction of craftsman Geoff Stevens, this aspect of the display was perhaps stressed the most. Probably the most noticeable thing about the pottery exhibition was the sheer volume of work completed in this field. Tea pots, jugs, ash trays, mugs, bird houses, figures, musical instrimients - the list of creations was endless, and fascinating. Although not under way at the time of writing, the studio recently acquired a sizable amount of silver-smithing equipment. As such, the future looks even more promising in the field of three-dimensional work, and hopefully an even wider horizon will be added to the already limitless boundaries of creativity. Colin Richards BOTTOM RIGHT: by Colin Richards

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BOTTOM RIGHT: by Colin Richards. TOP LEFT: by Paul Robinson. There is something intrinsically wonderful about creativity. Whether the work be in music or painting or sculpture there is an undefinable quality to it which raises it far beyond the walls of mechanism and mediocrity. In the visual arts, especiaUy, this holds true, for there is in every piece of work the clearly stamped vitality, character, and emotion of its creator. The piece of work may be a masterpiece, or the scribblings of a child, but no matter, the energy of life is equally inherent in both. It can be greatly appreciated, therefore, that an Art Studio is a place of great human energy - both mental and emotional. Our Art Studio this year was such a place, and if one walked into the building on Parents ' Day, when much of the year ' s work was on display, this would immediately have been obvious. The actual accomphshments of those working in the studio have been impressive. Many fine paintings hung on show entailed a great deal of work, as too did many lino prints, dravdngs and sketches. To me any such work is one of the most satisfying things to behold, for it carries in it a certain abstraction, placing it, if you vdll, half way between a thought and a thing. The three-dimensional work was also viewed with widespread approval. Pottery and sculpture Art Studio

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Pottery Workshop When Geoff Stevens first set foot inside Appleby ' s art studio he was confronted with mounds of clay, a potter ' s wheel, wave after wave of Appleby students and the somewhat intimidating task of getting all three to work together. Clearly, even such a talent as his could not always make those grubby little Appleby hands turn out work on the same level as his ovra. Yes, it is true, alas that some of the work did fall a bit beneath masterpiece calibre- but it cer- tainly was not through lack of excellent instruction on his part. No, he is irreproachable in that regard without a shadow of a doubt, and yet, I wonder if he didn ' t give just the smallest sigh of relief as he left, considering of course the amount of raw Ap- pleby talent and gusto which oozed out of Appleby pores each day he was here. Why I ' ll wager that the poor man was terrified lest the mighty Appleby art machine use his knowledge to put him out of business, and I fear that he will lose many sleepless nights in the future biting his nails. Joking aside, this year ' s Pottery Workshop was a resounding success. Pottery, like any highly skilled craft, is something which ri V . r