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

So it’s now DAY THREE of my TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS POTTERY SALE featuring twelve soda-fired bottles. Perfect for a display on your shelf, to hold a few dried flowers… or even to fill with some mulled wine or your own craft beer!


Just scroll through this “official” Photo Album on my Fire When Ready Pottery Facebook page and if you see a bottle you want, be the first person to put a Comment of “MINE” in the Comments section of that bottle! 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 bottle… 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 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 right here on my website … so you can still shop anytime, even if it’s on the “wrong day” of this pottery sale!!!

Categories: Chicago, inspiration

Took a couple hours off this afternoon to enjoy the blue skies & sunshine with a nice stroll through Graceland Cemetery. It was my first time at Graceland, so it was nice to see some of the famous names from Chicago history now residing there… and a random coyote patrolling the park. You’ve got appreciate the serenity, the architecture, the design & majesty of some of the monuments & memorials.

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

So it’s now DAY TWO of my TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS POTTERY SALE featuring twelve oil lamps.


All of the oil lamps are functional just by adding some smoke-free oil… and they would make a perfect holiday gift for friends, family or even yourself! Each oil lamp is approximately 4″ tall. And the beauty of oil lamps… the wick should last forever. You’ll be burning the oil off the wick, and NOT the wick itself. And once you set the height of the flame, it will stay like that forever.. and not get long & sooty like a candle flame does. And oh, but wax there’s more… no wax on the table!!!

Just click HERE to see the “official” Facebook Photo Album and if you see an oil lamp you want, be the first person to put a Comment of “MINE” in the Comments section of the oil lamp you want! I will then follow-up with a confirmation & a Facebook Message with further details. It’s that easy!!!

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!!!

So start shopping on my Fire When Ready Pottery Facebook page… be the first to claim your oil lamp… and then come back each day for a different pottery selection. And a very special event on Day Twelve. Good luck… and Happy Holidays a bit early!!!

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, even if it’s on the “wrong day” of this pottery sale!!! Happy gift-giving!!!

Categories: bike, sunrise, weather

Colorful & chilly… with a chance of frozen puddles!
It was a bit colder than I expected this morning… good & bad. Good to see some cool frozen bushes covered with icicles. Bad to see ICE already… I am so not ready for this!!! Had to be more careful of “puddles” along the trail… now slippery ice puddles!

And oh, by the way… “Dear Santa, I need much warmer gloves!!!”

Categories: art fair, pottery

Okay, so today is the first day of MY TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS Pottery Sale. Today & every morning for the next few I will be posting twelve pieces in a different pottery “category” on my Fire When Ready Pottery Facebook page. Here’s the list of categories so you can “pace yourself” and plan out your holiday shopping a bit better!

Click here to go to my Fire When Ready Pottery Facebook page.

Just in case you missed it, this morning I posted twelve new mugs for purchase here on my Facebook page (scroll back if you missed it.) At the end of each “day”, the Facebook sale will end and all remaining pieces will get moved over to My Online Pottery Shop here on the blog. I will keep today’s MUGS up for an extra day, but after that… one day only for each category of the Twelve Days Pottery Sale on Facebook! And remember, it’s only twelve pieces per day – and when they’re gone, they’re gone!!! Don’t miss out.

Categories: holiday

Hard to believe we’ve already made it to December?!
Where did the summer go so quickly???
And how can it almost be Christmas already???

I just started my Advent Calendar… a childhood memory from my Grandma Kitty. She made each of us a holiday advent calendar all hand-stitched out of felt & sequins. I went for YEARS thinking she made them just for us. So imagine my surprise, when just a few years ago a friend of mine said she has one of these handmade advent calendars too!!!

Wait… What?! “How did she know my Grandma?”

Turns out these were made from a kit… and a great Grandma Kitty secret!!!

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

We’re kicking-off my TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS POTTERY SALE today by featuring twelve mugs… a brand new selection after yesterday’s Cyber Monday! Each of the days will feature a different “category” with new twelve pieces up for sale first-come,, first-serve here on my Facebook page… with a very SPECIAL event on Day Twelve!!!

All of the mugs are food-safe, dishwasher-safe & microwave-safe… and would make a perfect holiday gift for friends, family or even yourself! Just scroll through the “official” Facebook Photo Album and if you see a mug you want, be the first person to put a Comment of “MINE” in the Comments section of the mug you want! I will then follow-up with a confirmation & a Facebook Message with further details. It’s that easy!!!

So start shopping – but this time only on Facebook!
Be the first to claim your mug… and then come back each day for a different pottery selection. And a very special event on Day Twelve. Good luck… and Happy Holidays a bit early!!!

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

At the end of each of the 12 Days… any “unclaimed” pottery will be added to My Online Pottery Shop here on my website! But remember… for now they’re on sale right now TODAY ONLY on my Facebook page!!!

Categories: art fair, creativity, holiday, music, pottery

Here we go… first by kicking off my TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS POTTERY SALE with a little musical interlude. The “official” Photo Album to shop from will be posted next on my Fire When Ready Pottery Facebook page!!! Just getting ready for a little holiday fun… and the perfect chance for you to get some holiday gift sopping done!!!

Click here to go to my Facebook page to shop from the “official” Photo Album!

Categories: art fair, pottery

While CYBER MONDAY is quickly coming to an end… just one more hour… tomorrow I’m kicking off my “Twelve Days of Christmas” Pottery Sale… twelve consecutive days with twelve pieces each day of twelve different categories. It will all happen on my Fire When Ready Pottery Facebook page. Each day I’ll post a Photo Album with twelve pieces. We’re going old-school… the first person to claim it as “MINE” in the Comment section will get the piece. More details to come tomorrow morning when I kick-off the fun at 8:00am!!!

Click here to go directly to my Fire When ready Pottery Facebook page!