Gary Jackson: Fire When Ready Pottery
A Chicago potter’s somewhat slanted view of clay & play
Categories: nature, soda-fired, textures

Kicking off my new TEXTURE TUESDAY CHALLENGE on Instagram today with a two-fer…
and I thought you might like to see it here too?!
Two different textures… one from my studio and one from Mother Nature.

Categories: photography, textures

Kicking off a fun year-long photo challenge tomorrow!!!
You may need to follow me on INSTAGRAM to see all of my texture photos.
And then even better… please feel free to participate as well.
Just post a “texture” photo to your Instagram feed every Tuesday in 2020!
It can be anything with a texture… your own artwork, someone else’s work, nature, flowers,
inspirations, etc. It’s just that easy… at least one photo every Tuesday!!!…
with the hashtag #TextureTuesday !!!

Categories: nature, weather

Frozen puddles, frozen ripples.
I love how the shallow puddles along the lakefront have frozen with the ripples
& leaves still in place. Perfectly natural textures & patterns!

Categories: bike, sunrise

Chilly & cloudy, but well worth it. The clouds put on a dramatic sky-show… so many changes as the clouds blew by with the gusty breezes. Wearing lots of layers is good, but my fingers were still freezing… but not enough to stop taking more pictures!

Categories: clay, process

It felt great to back in the studio today… even if it was just to make a few new stamps, water the plants, take down some Christmas decorations and to turn out a LOT of reclaim clay that’s been piling up & slaking down for quite awhile. Can’t wait to make something outta this big gooey mess!!!

Categories: stamps, tools

Kicking off 2020 with TWENTY new handmade stamps!!!
Okay, so each one has a different stamp pattern on each end…
so maybe that makes it “twenty-twenty”?! Well, that’s my story any ways!!

Categories: photography

Well here’s a quick “Year In Review” in the form of my Best Nine Instagram posts from 2019. It’s always fun to see which posts got the most Likes! Don’t forget that you can always follow me on INSTAGRAM for quick pics, fun filters and easy swiping for multiple photos!

Categories: bike, sunrise

Rolling into the New Year with beautiful sunrise bike ride. Nothing too dramatic, but then again… it just felt good to be out there! Still some snow & icy patches out there… but with some extra caution & extra layers I was all good to go!!!

Categories: holiday

I’m looking forward to a wonderful new year. This past year had some great moments & highlights, but also a few hard times. I’m hoping that 2020 is filled with great friends, and even more magical moments & wonderful experiences. Thank You all for following along on my journey here on Facebook. I hope you all have a wonderful new year as well… let’s all have some fun this year… WELCOME 2020!!!

Categories: holiday

Here’s hoping you all are having a wonderful evening to finish off the year!
Have fun with your family, your friends… and those special friends you choose
to make part of your family! Bring on the New Year… have fun & be safe!!!

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