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

Today is DAY SEVEN of my TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS POTTERY SALE featuring twelve soda-fired flower pots. Ideal for the gardeners & green thumbs on your holiday gift list. Each flower pot has drainage holes and a separate water drip plate for easy cleaning.

Just scroll through the “official” Photo Album on my Fire When Ready Pottery Facebook page and if you see a flower pot you want, be the first person to put a Comment of “MINE” in the Comments section of that one! I will then follow-up with a confirmation & a Facebook Message with further details. It’s that easy!!!

Click here for my Fire When Ready Pottery Facebook page!
or HERE for the link to today’s flower pot sale!!!

Start shopping… be the first to claim your flower pot… and then come back each day for a different pottery selection. Each of the twelve days will feature a different “category” with twelve new pieces up for sale first-come, first-serve here on my Facebook page… with a very SPECIAL event on Day Twelve!!!

At the end of each of the “12 days”… any unclaimed pottery will be added to My Online Pottery Store on my website… so you can still shop anytime, even if it’s on the “wrong day” of this pottery sale!!!

Categories: pottery, stamped, vases

Just starting off Day Six a little early! I’m afraid I will not be near my laptop much this weekend, so I’m posting this a day early… so Days Five & Six will BOTH be open today & tomorrow!

So this is what we’re now calling DAY SIX of my TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS POTTERY SALE featuring twelve oval pots. Ideal of so many uses… candy dish, flower vase, remote control holder, junk mail collector, key holder, or just something pretty to sit on your bookcase!

Just scroll through the “official” Photo Album on my Fire When Ready Pottery Facebook page and if you see an oval you want, be the first person to put a Comment of “MINE” in the Comments section of that one! I will then follow-up with a confirmation & a Facebook Message with further details. It’s that easy!!!

So start shopping… be the first to claim your oval… and then come back each day for a different pottery selection. Each of the twelve days will feature a different “category” with twelve new pieces up for sale first-come, first-serve only on my Fire When Ready Pottery Facebook page… with a very SPECIAL event on Day Twelve!!!

At the end of each of the “12 days”… any unclaimed pottery will be added to My Online Pottery Store on my website … so you can still shop anytime, even if it’s on the “wrong day” of this pottery sale!!!

Categories: art fair, pottery, soda-fired, stamped, vases

Kicking off DAY FIVE of my TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS POTTERY SALE featuring twelve stamped vases. The perfect gift for the holidays, birthdays, Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day… any day!!! All vases are dishwasher-safe so if you keep your flowers in the vase too long and it gets kinda gunky inside, just toss it in the dishwasher!

Just scroll through the “official” Photo Album on my Fire When Ready Pottery Facebook page and if you see a stamped vase you want, be the first person to put a Comment of “MINE” in the Comments section of that one! I will then follow-up with a confirmation & a Facebook Message with further details. It’s that easy!!!

So start shopping… be the first to claim your vase… and then come back each day for a different pottery selection. Each of the twelve days will feature a different “category” with twelve new pieces up for sale first-come, first-serve only on my Fire When Ready Pottery Facebook page… with a very SPECIAL event on Day Twelve!!! At the end of each of the “12 days”… any unclaimed pottery will be added to My Online Pottery Store on my website … so you can still shop anytime, even if it’s on the “wrong day” of this pottery sale!!!

Categories: art fair, pottery

Welcome to DAY FOUR of my TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS POTTERY SALE featuring twelve soap dispensers. Especially ideal these days when you’re washing your hands six-million times a day!!! Each pump has side finger divots to help hold onto it when your fingers get wet & slippery!

Just scroll through the “official” Photo Album on my Facebook page and if you see a soap dispenser you want, be the first person to put a Comment of “MINE” in the Comments section of that one! I will then follow-up with a confirmation & a Facebook Message with further details. It’s that easy!!! So start shopping… be the first to claim your soap dispenser… and then come back each day for a different pottery selection.

Click HERE to go to my Fire When Ready Pottery Facebook page!

Each of the twelve days will feature a different “category” with twelve new pieces up for sale first-come, first-serve only on my Facebook page... with a very SPECIAL event on Day Twelve!!!

At the end of each of the “12 days”… any unclaimed pottery will be added to My Online Pottery Store here on my website… so you can still shop anytime, even if it’s on the “wrong day” of this pottery sale!!!

Categories: murals

A cute little mural I found this morning along the lakefront. Looks like Minnie has been hanging around there for awhile now… and I’m loving how the paint looks so weathered & aged.

Categories: bike, sunrise

Beautiful sunrise ride this morning. A bit on the chilly side when the winds came blowing through the buildings from the west. Not a lot of clouds to play with this morning, but the sun found it’s way to glory anyway!

Categories: food, music

One more reason to hurry up and get this year over!!! OREO just announced a collaboration with Lady Gaga… with new pink & green cookies to celebrate her latest album “Chromatica.” They don’t come out until next year… so we just need to finally get though 2020 – luckily now we have something good to look forward to!!!

Click here for the full story!

Categories: food, platters, pottery

Just a little late afternoon lunch. Got distracted while packing up pots… almost forgot I had a Connie’s Frozen Pizza to bake. Made me smile using actual plates for pizza… so fancy… usually it’s just me sittin’ in front of the the TV with the pizza on the box it came in!!!

Categories: pottery, process

Another afternoon with the shipping boxes piling up on the back porch. Looks like it’s time for another trip to the Post Office! Me & postal clerk Chaundra are getting to be like “best buds” these days! It’s like we have a little standing date every afternoon!

Don’t forget that you can always shop at MY ONLINE POTTERY SHOP on my website. Lots of pieces listed there ready for packing & shipping to you!

See… one of these packages could be YOURS one of these days!!!
Just click here!

Categories: art fair, artists, holiday, inspiration

Support your favorite artists this time of the year. Handmade gifts are more personal, unique and so much more fun to give… and to receive!!!

Special thanks to my friend & fellow artist Donna Sauers for making these holiday graphics so festive!!! She makes great glass-bead jewelry too! Click here to check out her Facebook page.