On Saturday I spent quite a while noting what slips did what on all my work. There are some super colours – and there are some that have a bit too much reduction. The one pot made of H570 looks great with Blair’s Red slip – NS, grolleg & Helmer. I won’t use H550 any more. I hope I don’t regret that.   Handles on mugs..

Sprayed flashing slips on 4 pieces to have a first experience at cone 10 soda firing in Robin Dupont’s firing tomorrow. When I had pots in the Shadbolt soda kiln I was hoping for totally salt effects and was disappointed – not consistent orange peel. Here I will see what else soda has to offer. I lined the pots with Janet De Boos’ ‘clear’. I’m told it will be pale sky blue, with luck..

Also sprayed 6 pieces including my 1/2-pipe jug with slips to bisque for Claude’s salt firing next Wednesday. All pots for both atmospheric firings have a swoosh of titanium dioxide sprayed a la Jane Hamlyn. Over blue slip it produces marvellous green and over others it’s orangey-yellow rutile look. Lovely!

Sobi Thai supper – $10 each. Excellent!    Others went to the Chuckwagon races. Not my scene. Once saw them at High River. Once is enough for this BC-er.

Back there my sons are celebrating Steve’s BCIT Engineering degree completion with mountain bike races in the Chines above our Port Moody house.