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

Kickin’ off my art fair season this weekend in the ‘burbs at the SCHAUMBURG PRAIRIE ARTS FESTIVAL. The location still has a bit of construction going on, but we’ll all still be there Saturday & Sunday from 10:00am-5:00pm. I’ll be in the same booth space as last year… on the other side of the pond from my usual “pre-construction” location – Booth 96. C’mon by & say “Hello!”

Categories: art fair

Kickin’ off my Summer Art Fair schedule next weekend at the SCHAUMBURG PRAIRIE ARTS FESTIVAL. The village location is still under construction, so I will once again be on the other grassy side of the park in my “new” location… same as last year Booth 96. It might be a little “hectic” there, but we all look forward to seeing everyone come out for this fun show!

Such a pretty location… pond, fountain, swans, trees, grass…
now if they just perhaps had a “prettier’ poster??? Just sayin’…

Categories: art fair

Doing a little graphic design at home tonight while I’m “wheel-less”… just making a new postcard for ART IN THE GARDEN 2026. One of my favorite shows… just a group of artsy friends pulling together our own grassroots art fair. This will be our twelfth year… and it just keeps getting better! So mark your calendar for September 12th & 13th in Glenview, Illinois. C’mon by!

Click here for more info – www.grassrootsartfair.com

Categories: art fair

SAVE THE DATE : Hard to believe it’s already time to be planning my Summer Art Fair schedule. You can check my website-blog for my art fair “plan” so far. Even harder to believe that the NORTHERN ILLINOIS POTTERY TOUR is just sixteen weeks away!

Click here for more schedule details : http://firewhenreadypottery.com/show-schedule-2013/

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Categories: art fair, pottery

Look what arrived in my mail!!! The poster for the ST. CROIX VALLEY POTTERY TOUR… already on my calendar! Always a fun weekend of pottery, shopping, adding to collections & visiting with the friends & potters. Looks like there’s 67 potters this year… so much talent & so many pots to squeeze into one weekend! Can’t wait to head up north for my little pottery addiction! And you should too…

Categories: art fair, mugs

And there are still some “Christmas Lights” holiday mugs available
in my ONLINE HOLIDAY SALE only on my Facebook page.

www.facebook.com/firewhenreadypottery

Scroll back to Tuesday night to find the original Facebook posting.
The online sale offering will close tonight at midnight!!!

Categories: art fair

My ONLINE HOLIDAY SALE is now LIVE on my Facebook Page!!!
www.facebook.com/firewhenreadypottery

Categories: art fair, mugs

Getting ready?… getting anxious? Well here’s another sneak peek of some of the mugs that will be “released” at 6:00pm cst for my ONLINE HOLIDAY SALE. No calling dibs on these… you gotta wait until the official sale starts only on my Facebook page in just five minutes!!!

www.facebook.com/firewhenreadypottery

Categories: art fair, process

Still working on the “glamorous” backside of tonight’s online sale. Plenty of photographs, measurements, determining volume, photoshopping & pricing. All of which has to happen in advance of the sale going live. It’s not just pulling pots off a shelf and voile’… a sale!!! So I’m still at it… all afternoon as the deadline draws near. Just 90 more minutes until it’s go-time!!! Fingers crossed.

Categories: art fair

Just finished pulling out the assortment of pieces to put into tonight’s ONLINE HOLIDAY SALE on my Facebook page. A good assortment of Christmas Trees… and the very LAST of the stamped holiday mugs!!! Lots of gift ideas for everyone on your list… if you act fast tonight!!!

Remember… the online sale goes LIVE at 6:00pm cst only on my Facebook page!

www.facebook.com/firewhenreadypottery