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

There’s the Barn!!! And I’ll be on the Lower Level in Booths E4 & E6.
It’s a fun show where the artists are scattered around the original farms of Quaker Oats…
now the grounds of Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital on Route 22 in Barrington.
Some artists will be in their own tents, while some are in the Barn, the Corn Crib, the Machine Shed and all of the other original buildings! Plus, there’s live music, kids activities, entertainment and food! Not to mention all of the amazing art!!!

Click here for the ART IN THE BARN website with full info & details!

Categories: art fair, collaborations, friends, soda-fired, stamped

So Cheryl Holz has been narrowing it down. Finalizing the pairings of her multi-media paintings with my stamped & soda-fired frames. Once she decides, and stops second-guessing herself, they will be adhered to the picture frame. Then they will all be making their way to ART IN THE BARN this weekend. We will reveal the collaboration in both of our booths… she’ll have half of them upstairs, and I’ll have the other half downstairs in The Barn.

Be sure to stop by… quantities are very limited!

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Categories: glaze, terra cotta, The Ghouls Collection

So now the newest GHOULS are all underglazed and getting a sprayed-on top-coat of a low-fire clear glaze. Hoping that all of the painted colors will be brighter, saturated & whimsically colorful after firing!

Categories: bike, sunrise

Just taking a quick break to share some photos from this morning’s sweaty bike ride.
Yes, it was warm & humid from the git-go! Even with a strong headwind,
the sweat was inevitable… well worth it for the gorgeous sunrise views!

Categories: terra cotta, The Ghouls Collection

The newest addition to THE GHOULS COLLECTION look so much more “ferocious” in color! Okay, so maybe still a bit fun & whimsical… but that’s just how I roll.

Is there such a thing as “cute” bloody fangs???

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Categories: artists, collaborations, friends

So Cheryl has been putting in more time than we expected matching up her paintings with my soda-fired frames. It’s kind of amazing how changing a frame, switching a painting, flipping the pair, etc. can make such a huge difference?! It’s like a big shell game trying to find & put together all of the perfect pairs. Glad it’s her and not me… and we thought making the art itself was the hard part?!!!

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Categories: production, terra cotta, The Ghouls Collection

LIMITED EDITION: One down, thirty-nine to go!

Categories: terra cotta, The Ghouls Collection

Playing with terra cotta trying to crank out some new Ghouls to add to the collection. There will only be forty in this batch… which also means I need to do a lot of underglaze painting to give these creepy canines some color! Coming together… gotta start underglazing!

Categories: terra cotta, The Ghouls Collection

So it looks like the “pack” is coming together as a group.
Just in time for this weekend’s Full Moon rising…. the actual Full Moon is on Monday!
Looks like my Ghoul timing is pretty spot-on!!!

Categories: collaborations, friends

I’m sure all of the artists showing are frantically getting ready for ART IN THE BARN this weekend. I know that my friend & master painter Cheryl Holz is cranking out a lot of new work… including these minis with paint, encaustic, inclusions, etc. The best part is that these minis are destined to live in the soda-fired picture frames that I made. It’s been a fun collaboration project… coming soon to ART IN THE BARN. We’re both in The Barn… Cheryl is upstairs, and I’m downstairs!!!

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