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

Cloudy ALL day! But as soon as the art fair ends… SUNNY!!!
I’ll take it… so much better than packing up in the rain!!!

Categories: art fair, flowers, friends, vases

Just another stamped vase fulfilling its destiny! Showing off the flowers so nicely. Special thanks to my art fair friend Maria who surprised me with the beautiful pink hydrangeas & lavender hosta blooms fresh from her garden!

Categories: art fair, bowls, pottery, stamped

It’s Day Two of the GLENVIEW SUMMER ART FAIR!!! We had a little drizzly rain pass through earlier this morning. So now we’re hoping it’s just dry & cloudy for the rest of the show. C’mon out to Glenview to say hello… I’m in Booth 31 until 5:00pm!

Categories: art fair, Chicago, weather

Cloudy, windy & humid… a murky trifecta for a non-sunrise morning ride! The tailwind was great, but the ride back home was a little tougher. And for those that know our Chicago skyline… you might notice that there are some buildings “missing” due to the low-flying clouds!

And now back to the art fair… okay, with clouds, but hoping we miss the rain today!

Categories: stamped, surface decoration, vases

After a full day at the GLENVIEW SUMMER ART FAIR… with part of it during a downpour thunderstorm… I still made it into the studio tonight. I knew that I had some vases that were drying out & still needed to be stamped. So… no rest for the weary. The next batch of vases has now been stamped… and tomorrow more art fair fun!!! Hopefully a drier day???

Categories: art fair, bike, sunrise

A beautiful start to the weekend. Quiet rippled reflections with some wispy clouds in the sky. There was a dark band along the horizon which just delayed the “reveal” for awhile… but still worth the wait. And… does anyone else see an American flag in the early morning sunrise?… or is it just me???

And now… quick shower, breakfast & then off to the GLENVIEW SUMMER ART FAIR.
Hope to see you there!!!

Categories: art fair

t’s finally here… this weekend in Glenview, Illinois… the GLENVIEW SUMMER ART FAIR!!! Two days of fun showing off my pottery & chatting with a bunch of pottery-loving fans! Hoping for good weather & good sales… and hoping you can come join us in the grassy grounds of Lyon School in Booth 31.

Categories: art fair, soda-fired, stamped

Lots of new pots from my recent soda kiln. It’s just rough figuring out which ones get to come with me to the art fair!!! My car only holds so many crates of pots. So I’m making some tough choices… not everyone gets to come out to play this weekend!!!

GLENVIEW SUNMER ART FAIR
Saturday, July 19th & Sunday, July 20th – 11:00am-5:00pm
Lyon School in Glenview, Illinois – Lake & Waukegan Roads

Categories: art fair, mugs, soda-fired

I set up my tent & shelves in Booth 31 this afternoon This evening I’m in the basement cleaning, pricing & packing pottery for this weekend’s GLENVIEW SUMMER ART FAIR!!! Currently on mugs… but a lot more still to get to tonight!! Hoping to be all ready for this weekend soon!

Categories: family, Taylor

Last night was another night of numbers fun at IKEA BINGO!
No winners at our table… but a fun night with family makes us all winners!

Sure, I probably shoulda’ been packing up for this weekend’s art fair in Glenview…
but I can do that today, right???