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

It’s the end of summer… and it looks like Allison is enjoying the last few flowers of the season! Luckily, she has a sweet little stamped & soda-fired vase to put them in… and it looks like her cat approves too!!!

Categories: flowers, soda-fired, stamped, vases

A single dahlia propped on an ikebana flower vase. A great way for Rikke to show off some stray blooms she got from the farmer’s market… gifted to her after they had broken off from the stems!

Categories: flowers, friends, soda-fired, stamped, vases

With a threat of overnight frost killing off her flowers, looks like Rosene made herself a cute little arrangement of homegrown flowers in one of my stamped & soda-fired vases! Just trying to keep her summer flowers goin’ a bit longer…

Categories: flowers, soda-fired, stamped, vases

My last bouquet of flowers from the Andersonville Farmers Market for the summer. The dahlias were already gone by the time I got there… so I bought this textural mix of late summer blooms, grasses & a few stalks of small kale. Luckily, I had the perfect oval vase ready to go!!!

Categories: flowers

With the rain & cooler weather, one of my dahlia plants is going crazy!!! Suddenly tons of blooms… all different colors on the same bush! Although many of the flowers are too big for the stems to support them with the rain & wind. Just trying to enjoy them as much as I can… as we all know the cold overnight-frosts can’t be too far away!!!!

Categories: flowers, soda-fired, stamped, vases

Sweet little stamped & soda-fired vase filled with some beautiful flowers.
Great colors & great textures. Thanks for sharing Tiffany!

Categories: flowers, nature

While the waves crash around at the lakefront… and there’s also beautiful rocks & flowers right there if you happen to look around the other way!

Categories: flowers, soda-fired, stamped, vases

With the weekend cold-front moving through with threats of frost up in Wisconsin, looks like Kristy has been pulling in the last of her garden’s flowers inside to enjoy. Before they freeze to death… ugh... good plan Kristy!

Categories: flowers, nature

Yellow flowers on the beach after the morning rain.

Categories: flowers

The dahlias look amazing in my stamped & soda-fired vase… but the flowers alone are pretty STUNNING too. You know I love a good dahlia… and these dahlias from Vangies Farm are AMAZING. So many colors & textures… so huge… and so fresh coming straight from their gardens to the Farmer’s Market.