AROUND THE PROVINCE ART IN THE GARDEN In May the Art in the Garden tour on Vancouver's Northshore included two potters, Heather Cairns and Joseph Mihalik. More than 1,00) people enjoyed viewing the unique combinations of garden and art. Protas provided by the Moniishore News, Marth Vancouver NEWS photos Paul McGrath ign arene i * faa Elizabeth and Joseph Mihalik's garden with studio; Joseph's lan- tern to the left bow! with floral motifs in the garden of Heather McAlpine CARIBOO POTTERS GUILD Joan Bruneau workshop, held at the end of April, ... was a great learning expenience and an excellent complement to the Gillian McMillan workshop earlier in the month... oe ee NEWS Phote Cindy Goodman SEMIAHMO0O POTTERY CLUB From May 27 to 29 2000, the Semiahmoo Pottery Clubsponsored a soda firing work- shop at the studio of Connie Glover in Speaking of Gillan, she was kind enough to send me an email correcting the recipes | published, As she says, 1 do want to stop someone from mixing up Goldart terra sigillata with 300 gm of Calgon! Just use 3pm with S00gm Goldart clay and lke water. You should not need to stir itif you" ve got a true terra sig after the decanting. Itwill give youan off-white to which you canadd stains or oxide, But itis not gold-coloured -I wish. So if you" ve already mixed upa giant batch of terra sigillata, my apologies, throw it out and start over! Here is the corrected recipe: S kg water 2 kg redart clay powder Add3 grums Calgon, dissolved in a lithe warm water, Let sit for S mins, mix with clay and water, and sieve. Let sit for an hour, then decant the liquid off the top, discarding the sludge left behind. Continuc todecant every 20 minutes several times, The nextday, pourod? the water fram the top orletit evaporate. Y ou should not have to stir. Makes an ice cream bucket. Whiterck, BC. The first day included glazx- ing and kiln foacing by the workshop’ s twenty participants, Soda was injected overa twohour period during the after- noon of the second day Fired wares were re- moved the last evening. Don Hutchinson and Connie critiqued the finished pieces. A website desenbing the soda fining work- shop is up and can be viewed at: http:/ www.osfu.ca/-fankbone/SODA! Recipe for GoldAriclay (makes an off-white terra sig.) as above but use | kg water to 500 g Goldart with 3 g Calgon. Comelia Hacussler Box 4852, Williams Lake, BC V2G2V8 8 Potters Guild of Bntsh Columiia index.himl (please note that the character ~ in this address is a tilde, not a dash). Peter V. Fankboner Jul/Aug 2000