Gary Jackson: Fire When Ready Pottery
A Chicago potter’s somewhat slanted view of clay & play
Categories: Mom & Dad, special events, Taylor

Yes, it’s true… my parents are celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary!
Hard to believe that they’ve been together since just after high school… with three kids
and three grandchildren to keep them “young” at heart… and “grey” at head!!!

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So to celebrate, we gathered the family and a few close friends for a fun day
of bowling & food. In addition to our small immediate family, the Mueller family
joined us too! We’ve know the Muellers ever since I was in 4th Grade… when she came
to my school and got me to join 4-H… and got my parents to become 4-H Club Leaders!!!
So they came with their kids & grandkids… who played well with my cute niece Taylor!!!

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If you my parents at the next art fair, be sure to congratulate them on their 50 years!
And thank them for being the my most supportive “art fair assistants” ever!!!

Categories: blogs

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167 posts… 69 comments… and my rambling blog is now one year old!!!
Lots of pots… lots of thoughts… a few summer camps… plenty of biking adventures!
Thanks for sticking with me… I’ve had a lot of fun!
And they said it would never last…

Categories: lillstreet, summer camp

This week at Lillstreet Summer Camp I’m teaching “Clay & Multimedia.”
Which basically just means that we do a clay project on Monday, and then
any kind of other art projects for the rest of the week. So we started this week
with ceramic birdhouses!!! Slabs, textures, basic handbuilding & underglazes!!!

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And then followed with a weaving & sewing project – Woven-Top Pillows!
So the kids had to choose their fabrics, cut out their strips, weave them
together and then sew it all into a throw pillow!

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Then… as if it could get any better… today was Tie-Dye Thursday!!!

Categories: bike, sunrise

One bike.
One sunrise.
Whether near or far… it was definitely a stunning morning for another bike ride!

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