Gary Jackson: Fire When Ready Pottery
A Chicago potter’s somewhat slanted view of clay & play
Categories: mugs, process, production, stamped, stamps, surface decoration

So I’ve been doing a little stamping today… making more mugs with a bunch more stamping!!! So I thought it might be fun to show-off the before & after… and the stamps that did most of the work!

MUG #1 –

MUG #2 –

MUG #3 –

MUG #4 –

MUG #5 –

MUG #6 –

MUG #7 –

MUG #8 –

MUG #9 –

MUG #10 –

MUG #11 –

MUG #12 –

MUG #13 –

MUG #14 –

So for now, they’re wrapped up under plastic… waiting to be trimmed & handled on another day!

4 Comments

Linda Speedy

July 7th, 2022

Would you be willing to give a Tutorial on how to make these stamps and how to apply them to your cups without distorting them? Each stamp is unique and the results are fantastic.

July 7th, 2022

LINDA – If you go back into my blog, there are a LOT of tutorials on making stamps & my stamping process. Check out the right hand column of blog categories… click on STAMPS or STAMPED to see a bunch about how I stamp my pottery. Also, if you go to YouTube and do a quick search for “Fire When Ready Pottery” there are a few videos of my stamping process as well. Thanks for checking in… and I hope these links might help answer your questions! – GARY

Andrea

December 10th, 2022

Hi Gary! I love your work and have a quick question on your stamped mugs. It seems that some of your patterns have intentions just above and in between each stamp, as if you took a separate tool and made tick marks above. Is that an extra step you take or am I mistaken?

December 30th, 2022

Good eye Andrea!!! And YES, I do add another little “tick mark” above & below some of the stamped impressions. Generally made with another stamp after the “main stamped” pattern has been done. More is more, right?!

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