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

Huge THANKS to everyone who came out this weekend for the Hinsdale Fine Arts Fair. We really appreciate your support… whether it was in the rain all day Saturday, or the swarming cicadas & shouting Palestinian protests on Sunday. Either day, it was not an ideal art fair weekend for us in Hinsdale.

Luckily, I’ll be out again this weekend for the NORTHERN ILLINOIS POTTERY TOUR. I will be one of the guest artists at my friend Cory McCrory’s home-studio in Sandwich, Illinois. Kinda out in the boonies… but definitely worth the scenic drive!!!

Categories: art fair

It’s Day Two of the HINSDALE FINE ARTS FAIR and it’s already better than yesterday!!! It looks like a beautiful day today, so come on out to Burlington Park… I’m in booth #69 until 4:00pm!

Categories: animals, art fair

So while it rained most of the day today, we didn’t have a lot of customers out shopping… but we did have a LOT of cicadas to keep us entertained at the Hinsdale Fine Arts Fair. Even Rhonda & Maria were getting into the buggy fun!!!

Categories: art fair

After I parked my car & was walking back to my art fair tent this morning…
maybe I should have taken this as a “sign” for what the day would bring?!

Really it wasn’t all that bad… not really a “storm” per se…
but we did have a pretty steady rain or drizzle all day long!

Categories: art fair, platters, stamped

One last reminder! Hope to see some of you this weekend in Hinsdale!!! Even if it rains… as pottery looks even better when it’s wet!!! HA!!!

Categories: art fair, sunset

So I decided to drive out to Hinsdale tonight to set-up my tent & shelves. Hoping to make tomorrow morning a bit less hectic when I bring all of the pottery!!! Beautiful sunset evening in Burlington Park… hoping for some good weather this weekend?! Fingers crossed…

Categories: art fair

Come join me this weekend in Burlington Park for the HINSDALE FINE ARTS SHOW. I will once again be in my same location in Booth 69. Plenty of pottery for everyone!!!

Hopefully the weather will be better in Hinsdale than it was in Schaumburg last weekend?!

Categories: art fair, platters, stamped

Mark your calendars for this weekend in Hinsdale… another weekend, another art fair! We’re in a beautiful park this time with plenty of trees, flowers & a fountain in the middle! I’m in the same spot as usual, so swing by and say “Hi.”

Categories: art fair, pottery

We’re now just two weeks away from the NORTHERN ILLINOIS POTTERY TOUR. So mark your calendar for June 8th & 9th to go road-trippin’ arounf northern Illinois to see a lOT of great pottery. I will once again be hanging out at the Sandwich location… at my friend Cory McCrory’s home & studio. Check out the website for locations & information – https://www.northernilpotterytour.com/

Categories: art fair

It’s the “morning after”… and my art fair tent roof & sides appear to be dry.
Well, they also appear to be straight out of a scene from “Dexter”… but who’s counting???