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

And a special THANK YOU to my Throwdown’ers… who gave a me a special THANK YOU GIFT at the end of class this week. A wonderful OREO cookie tin filled with fudge-covered OREOs oddly emblazoned with my face & a lot of sprinkles!!! Too funny… as they all know my affection for the OREO cookie! But it was a weird sort of “cookie cannibalism” as I ate the first one… HA!!!

I have the best students ever!!!

Categories: food, holiday

Another great holiday… March 14th… 3/14… 3.14… it’s NATIONAL PI DAY!!!
And you know how I love to celebrate the holidays… even though I’ve never been good at math!!!

Categories: classes, food

I mean… who doesn’t want chocolate cookies with colorful FROSTING?!!!
Especially from our pals at OREO who have pulled out all the stops & all the food coloring!!!
Although I will say… we all kinda missed the special Space Dunk Pop-Rocks in pottery class!!!

Categories: food

One of the best reasons to go to St. Louis… three words…

Gooey… Butter… Cake!!!

Categories: food, holiday, platters, stamped

You know how much I LOVE a good National Holiday! Especially when it’s one of my favorites. Today is NATIONAL OREO DAY! Too hard to choose one… so I had to “celebrate “ with three flavors!!! Aww, shucks!

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

Looks like it’s Cookie Time at “4×4 : FOUR MAKERS.” Sweet treats to make us all very smiley! Thanks to our friend Nicole for bringing us some yummy goodies from Tag’s Bakery in Evanston.

Categories: food, holiday, pottery, stamped

Just got home from teaching class… and it’s never too late to celebrate! As today is also NATIONAL CHERRY PIE DAY!!! And I’m ready to have a slice of the fun!!! 🍒

Categories: bowls, food, holiday, soda-fired, stamped

Just a little afternoon snack celebrating NATIONAL MUFFIN DAY.
You know how I love a good holiday!!!

Categories: classes, food

Last week our snacks were “outta this world” as I shared the new limited edition SPACE DUNK OREOS with all of my pottery classes… and the soda-firing workshop too!!! The cookies are very brightly colored, with some snapping PopRocks mixed in. Overall… good reviews & empty packages at the end of every class!!! But then again… why do the packages just keep getting smaller & smaller??? Do they think we don’t notice?!

Categories: classes, food

And sure, kiln loading can be a long-drawn out process… but it always helps when there are good snacks! Special THANKS to Martin for baking us some amazing Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies with a sprinkle of sea salt on top!!! Amazing as always Martin!