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

A short little cutie with a nice clear amber glaze on Mug #14 coming up for sale tonight
at 8:00pm central on my Fire When Ready Pottery Facebook page!

Categories: glaze, mugs, soda-fired, stamped

A nice green glaze that changes to a beautiful blue-ish hue when hit with the soda atmosphere… Mug #12 coming up for sale tonight at 8:00pm central on my Facebook page!

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Categories: glaze, mugs, stamped

A little dark here, but this mug is kind of a greenish slate blue with some nice highlights
on the stamps & textures!!! Mug #6 coming up for sale tonight at 8:00pm central
only on my Facebook page!

Categories: glaze, organization, process, production

My studio cart works especially well when I’m glazing & wadding for a soda kiln. When my cart is full… it pretty much equals a full kiln. So then I put these masking tape “seat belts” on the shelves so no pots can jump off during their ride down the rickety freight elevator to the kiln room.

Categories: bowls, glaze

Some bowls with tenmoku glaze inlaid in the stamps from last night…
and then some of the same bowls now with liner glazes…
all loaded into the soda kiln last night.

Categories: glaze, ornaments, process, production

These ornaments have been wiped off so the glaze stays in each stamp… headed into my soda kiln when I load this evening. These will be fired upside down on little tripods… get a metal ring after firing… and then make their big debut at My Holiday Home Show next weekend!!!!

Categories: glaze, ornaments, process, production

Adding a bit of tenmoku glaze into the stamped impressions on my latest batch of holiday ornaments. I’ll wipe off the top surface to leave the glaze neatly inlaid in each stamp.

Categories: glaze, mugs, production

Also glazed up a batch of mugs that will go into my soda kiln. Hopefully this glaze
will have some intriguing variations caused by the soda atmosphere in the kiln.

Categories: glaze, mugs, process, production

Let the glazing begin… lots of mugs getting some glaze inlaid in the stamps,
and a liner glaze inside. Prepping lots of pots for this weekend’s soda kiln firing!!!

Categories: glaze, terra cotta, The Ghouls Collection

The newest limited-edition Ghouls are almost ready… they’ve been assembled, underglazed and now glazed with a low-fire clear. Sure, it looks green… but it will turn clear after firing! Keep in mind there are only FORTY of each Ghoul… and when they all fly away, they’re gone forever!