Engobe tests

Got these dried yesterday, loaded in the small test kiln early this morning, weighed out and got a revised slip on a few tiles and weighed out a few more cone 04-03 glazes. 

We had a great time partying on the river last night. It was a family, friends and celebrity filled night with good food, good wine, and some lovely music and stories.

Now it's time to think about getting started on our dinner - pork chops au poivre with a sherry cream sauce, salad and corn on the cob with mango sorbet and macerated fruit for dessert.We are so lucky to have a great butcher shop only a few minutes from our house. I'm going to really enjoy cooking this winter on my new range top with such a great selection of fresh fish and local meats. It's been years since we lived anywhere where there was a good, local butcher.

Sunday dinner

I got very little studio time yesterday - just enough to trim a couple of pots and put handles on a serving bowl and smooth out a couple of slab pieces. The sycamore leaf serving plate looks neat. I hope it fires well. I mimicked the curled up tips from the drying, real leaf on the clay one. It's an experimental piece I've made for my own use, which I thought might be a fun serving piece for our porch sitting nights with friends.

Jim is off to the store early to pick me up a few items for my planned roast chicken dinner. It's going to be another cooking day with a few stolen moments in the studio. I'm hoping to get enough time to trim a few more things and get some handles pulled and on to some mugs.

More plum tomatoes need to be picked and processed after breakfast and made into pizza sauce for the freezer. I should check the beans as well, since it's been a few days since I last harvested them. The summer juggling act between studio, garden and kitchen continues.