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

Finally, after several days of hazy cloud-free morning skies… we were finally treated with some beautiful clouds this morning. Giving the sun something to play with… creating a splash of colors, and then playing hide & seek. A beautiful start to a beautiful Saturday morning.

Categories: process, production, stamped, wheelthrowing

Thrown & stamped all in one day. I LOVE when that happens! A quick batch of spoon rests on Friday-Funday… where a LOT of the day was spent outside playing on my bike!!!

Categories: garden, pottery, soda-fired, stamped

Another happy plant… throwing up a whole new layer of leaves unfurling in the center! Looks like it’s been enjoying the summer basking in the sun on my kitchen windowsill.

Categories: bike, sunrise

Not a cloud in the sky. Just clear sailing…errr, pedaling
with a chilly breeze early on.

Categories: mugs, process, production, stamped

Adding a few accents of colored flashing slip to this latest batch of mugs… just trying to build enough work to fill my next soda kiln!

Categories: bike, photography, sunrise

Another hazy-foggy start with the marine layer delaying the sun’s appearance. Well worth the wait… as a big red ball appeared, and then “bounced” on reflected ripples.

Categories: mugs, process, production

Spent some time tonight adding handles to finish off my newest batch of mugs! Score, slip, squish, attach, repeat… repeat… repeat! So now they’re all attached and back under plastic for the evening. Tomorrow I will add some colored slip accents for the soda kiln firing to come!

Categories: mugs, process, production

Just pulled a few more handles… making a few more MUGS!!!
Fourteen in case you’re counting?!

Categories: flowers

Still blooming. Still fragrant. Still a wonderfully exotic floral show just down the street in a neighbor’s front yard garden!

Categories: bike, sunrise

Another day with a hazy start. The low-flying marine layer delaying the day with a pastel glow. Eventually the sun burned its way through making some nice reflections around Montrose Harbor.