Gary Jackson: Fire When Ready Pottery
A Chicago potter’s somewhat slanted view of clay & play
Categories: summer camp

It’s been a great week with a lot of great kids, great focus & great creativity!
They’ve all worked so hard to get their chess sets to this final stage… adding color!

And with just a bit of color underglaze, the chess sets really come to life. Luckily,
everyone completed their set just under the wire. The will be clear-glazed next week
and fired. Brian & I will then separate, organize and re-group each kids’ set,
box it up and get it ready for them to come back and pick it up. Once it gets home…
they can play chess everyday and cherish their masterpiece for years to come!

2 Comments

August 16th, 2010

Thank you for putting on such a great camp and for featuring my son’s work here. He had a great time.

August 16th, 2010

I had a great time too! This has been my favorite camp of the summer so far. The kids were great and made me laugh all day, every day! They were all so focused & diligent on their chess sets… with just enough childish-goofiness to keep it fun for everyone! I’m glad Wyatt had a great time… he was the youngest of the group, but definitely kept up and held his own in class! I love the “whimsical-roughness” of his pieces. Too cute…

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