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

Gotta love a good Fall Farmers Market… when they have big bags of crunchy-sweet apples! And you also gotta love having a big pottery bowl to put them in!!!

Categories: collaborations, food

Just a quick sandwich before teaching class tonight. And you know I love a good “holiday.” So I’m celebrating NATIONAL FLUFFERNUTTER DAY!!! A whimsical sandwich on a whimsical plate made by my pottery pal Cory McCrory! My favorite “collaborator” unknowingly collaborating on my tasty celebration!!!

Categories: bowls, food, holiday

Celebrating another yummy holiday… late night snacks tonight for NATIONAL HOMEMADE COOKIE DAY!!! Special thanks to Christine for making these yummy pumpkin spice oatmeal chocolate cookies for our pottery class last night!!!

Categories: bowls, food

Gotta love when one of your art fair friends brings homegrown tomatoes to share for a lunchtime snack!!! Just wish I had a bowl to put them in… oh, wait a minute… I think I do!!! Thanks Cheryl for sharing… and if you come to The Barn, she’s directly above me with her beautiful mixed-media paintings!

Categories: food

You gotta love when a former student knows that you “might” have a certain obsession…
and decides to leave a thematic treat on your Teacher’ s Shelf!

Thanks Taylor… the Coca-Cola OREO cookies were great,
not so sure about this soda pop version ?!

And since I don’t drink caffeinated beverages, I might need to rely on someone else’s review?! … or just keep it as a souvenir?! Trust me though… we don’t need to see me on caffeine… that can’t be pretty!!!

Categories: collaborations, food

Just when you thought they couldn’t top themselves…
the crazy folks at OREO’s have done it!!!

A crazy cross-collaboration with Coca-Cola! Yep, this week we tried the Coca-Cola flavored OREOs in my pottery classes!!! Much better than I expected… with two-color cookies… so “on-brand”… and just a little dash of carbonation!!! No, seriously…

We also had a can of OREO-flavored Coca-Cola! I didn’t try it… since I swore off caffeinated sodas over 30 years ago as a New Years Resolution! Don’t want to break it now… and trust me, no one needs to see me all hopped up on caffeine! I’m a bit too much already!!! Ha!!!

Categories: food

Okay, don’t hate me… but I truly deserve this!!! A little “hot fudge therapy” after a long day “jurying” in the judicial system… and oh, but wait there’s more… they also made me wear LONG PANTS!!!

Thank you Margie’s!!!

Categories: bowls, food, holiday

Just a little snack before teaching class tonight… you know how I love a good holiday!
Just celebrating NATIONAL GUACAMOLE DAY… yum!!! 🥑

Categories: classes, food

Tonight in pottery class…
does this mean summer is officially over?! I kinda think so…

Categories: food, handbuilding

Homemade & handmade. Starting my morning with the best english muffins ever!!! Not only did she make the plate, but the multi-talented Cory McCrory is also a talented baker!!! And I LOVE being a beneficiary of her baking obsession. Burp!