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

Well, I know things are still crazy out there…
but we’re keeping it safe over here!

So I will be opening up my HOLIDAY HOME SHOW once again this weekend. The shelves have been re-stocked, including the “Tired of Shlepping” Sale shelves!!! Plenty of pottery for everyone!!! We’re keeping it safe with face masks, hand sanitizers and limited access. Be aware that if you come by, you may need to wait for a few minutes until it’s your turn to come in if someone else is already shopping!

Saturday, December 12th – 10:00am-6:00pm
Sunday, December 13th – 10:00am-6:00pm
1353 West Rosemont #3, Chicago, Illinois 60660

Located in the Edgewater Glen neighborhood on the southeast corner of Rosemont & Glenwood… between Clark & Broadway, two block s south of Devon. It’s the one with the green ceramic totem pole in front!!!

Shopping in person is always more fun… touching, loving, feeling. But if you’re not comfortable with shopping in person, which I totally get, remember you can always shop my pottery online too! Click HERE for online shopping!

Categories: art fair, pottery, salt & pepper

We’re kicking off DAY TEN of my TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS POTTERY SALE featuring twelve soda-fired salt & pepper shakers. Add a little spice & seasoning to your holiday season. Each set includes a textured tray to keep your salt & pepper shakers conveniently grouped together.

Just scroll through the “official” Photo Album on my Fire When Ready Pottery Facebook page and if you see a set of salt & pepper shakers you want, be the first person to put a Comment of “MINE” in the Comments section of that one! I will then follow-up with a confirmation & a Facebook Message with further details. It’s that easy!!!

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

So start shopping… be the first to claim your salt & pepper shakers… and then come back each day for a different pottery selection. 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!!!

At the end of each of the “12 days”… any unclaimed pottery will be added to My Online Pottery Store on my website … so you can still shop anytime, even if it’s on the “wrong day” of this pottery sale!!!

Categories: art fair, bowls, stamped

We’re kicking off DAY NINE of my TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS POTTERY SALE featuring twelve stamped bowls. Perfect for holiday gatherings within your “bubble”… or as holiday gifts to others. All of the bowls are food-safe & dishwasher-safe.

Just scroll through the “official” Photo Album on my Fire When Ready Pottery Facebook page and if you see a stamped bowl you want, be the first person to put a Comment of “MINE” in the Comments section of that one! I will then follow-up with a confirmation & a Facebook Message with further details. It’s that easy!!!

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

So start shopping… be the first to claim your stamped bowl… and then come back each day for a different pottery selection. 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!!!

At the end of each of the “12 days”… any unclaimed pottery will be added to My Online Pottery Store on my website … so you can still shop anytime, even if it’s on the “wrong day” of this pottery sale!!!

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

Just a quick reminder that today is DAY EIGHT of my TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS POTTERY SALE… featuring twelve soda-fired lidded jars today! Click on the link below to snag yours… just be the first person to Comment with “MINE” in the official Photo Album!

Click here to go to the “official” Photo Album on Facebook!

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

Today is DAY EIGHT of my TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS POTTERY SALE featuring twelve soda-fired lidded jars. Perfect for collecting small treasures, catching trinkets & securing tchotchkes.

Just scroll through the “official” Photo Album on my Fire When Ready Pottery Facebook page and if you see a lidded jar you want, be the first person to put a Comment of “MINE” in the Comments section of that one! I will then follow-up with a confirmation & a Facebook Message with further details. It’s that easy!!!

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

So start shopping… be the first to claim your lidded jar… and then come back each day for a different pottery selection. 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!!!

At the end of each of the “12 days”… any unclaimed pottery will be added to My Online Pottery Store on my website … so you can still shop anytime, even if it’s on the “wrong day” of this pottery sale!!!

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

Just a few detailed “reminders” that today is Day Seven of MY TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS POTTERY SALE. Today’s feature is flower pots with these stamped & soda-fired surfaces! Just scroll back a bit on my Fire When Ready Pottery Facebook page for more details!… or click here for the “official” Photo Album to shop from!

Categories: art fair, artists, friends, My Talented Friends

Here’s a great video tour of my friend & multi-talented friend Sarah Chapman in her metals studio in Minneapolis!

Click on this link for the Instagram video!

This past weekend should have been the big “One Of A Kind Show” here in Chicago, but with all of the craziness going on they’ve gone virtual too. Trying everything they can to help promote their artists. So take the tour of her beautiful space where she makes her beautiful work!

If you want to see more of her beautiful work, or to buy a special holiday gift, click here for her website!

Categories: art fair, soda-fired, stamped

Today is DAY SEVEN of my TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS POTTERY SALE featuring twelve soda-fired flower pots. Ideal for the gardeners & green thumbs on your holiday gift list. Each flower pot has drainage holes and a separate water drip plate for easy cleaning.

Just scroll through the “official” Photo Album on my Fire When Ready Pottery Facebook page and if you see a flower pot you want, be the first person to put a Comment of “MINE” in the Comments section of that one! I will then follow-up with a confirmation & a Facebook Message with further details. It’s that easy!!!

Click here for my Fire When Ready Pottery Facebook page!
or HERE for the link to today’s flower pot sale!!!

Start shopping… be the first to claim your flower pot… and then come back each day for a different pottery selection. Each of the twelve days will feature a different “category” with twelve new pieces up for sale first-come, first-serve here on my 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 on my website… so you can still shop anytime, even if it’s on the “wrong day” of this pottery sale!!!

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

Kicking off DAY FIVE of my TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS POTTERY SALE featuring twelve stamped vases. The perfect gift for the holidays, birthdays, Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day… any day!!! All vases are dishwasher-safe so if you keep your flowers in the vase too long and it gets kinda gunky inside, just toss it in the dishwasher!

Just scroll through the “official” Photo Album on my Fire When Ready Pottery Facebook page and if you see a stamped vase you want, be the first person to put a Comment of “MINE” in the Comments section of that one! 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 vase… and then come back each day for a different pottery selection. Each of the twelve days will feature a different “category” with twelve new pieces up for sale first-come, first-serve only on my Fire When Ready 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 on my website … so you can still shop anytime, even if it’s on the “wrong day” of this pottery sale!!!

Categories: art fair, pottery

Welcome to DAY FOUR of my TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS POTTERY SALE featuring twelve soap dispensers. Especially ideal these days when you’re washing your hands six-million times a day!!! Each pump has side finger divots to help hold onto it when your fingers get wet & slippery!

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