Gary Jackson: Fire When Ready Pottery
A Chicago potter’s somewhat slanted view of clay & play
Categories: art fair, Mom & Dad, mugs, process

I spent the day today in my basement storage room getting ready for this weekend’s art fair.
A lot of people don’t quite understand all of the work that goes on “behind-the-scenes.”
It’s not just the “fun” of making pots. There’s a LOT of work that goes on throughout the year
to keep the business running. Today it was “processing” all of the pieces that have come out
of my recent kilns. A lot of prepping, pricing & packing… and a LOT of pottery!!!

The good news… that after a VERY long day with the help of my best art fair assistants ever,
we got everything packed up and ready for the weekend. In fact, everything is already packed
in my parent’s van as well. We have a Friday afternoon set-up for the Barrington show. And it
will be extra nice to not be packing the van in the morning AND setting up in the afternoon.
I feel like we have a little head-start on it all this time!

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