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

Mark your calendar for tomorrow night… or would that be Halloween Eve???
We’re going to be “trick-or-treating” for mugs… first-come first-served.
Very old-school online sale… only on my Facebook page at 7:30pm cst.
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Categories: mugs

Some people want candy, while others want MUGS!!! So I’m hosting another ONLINE MUG SALE later this week here on my Facebook page! More to come…

Categories: mugs

Some people want candy, while others want MUGS!!!
So I’m hosting another ONLINE MUG SALE later this week on my Facebook page!
More to come…

Categories: mugs, studio

Spending a little time today photographing some new mugs… thinking it might be time for another online sale right here on my Fire When Ready Pottery Facebook page! I mean… there’s a holiday coming up & some people might enjoy “trick-or-treating” for MUGS instead of candy!!! More to come…

Categories: mugs

“I swear it just jumped off my ware board!!!”
Sometimes gravity does NOT work in your favor!

It was one of my class demo mugs last night…
and it didn’t quite make it back to my studio?!

Luckily… IT’S JUST CLAY!

Categories: classes, mugs

Last night in class, my Beginning Wheel students tackled trimming & pulling handles… making their first MUGS of the new session! Not too shabby for their second class, right???!

Categories: mugs, process, production, wheelthrowing

Another Monday for making more mugs!!! Yep, after a busy weekend at ART IN THE GARDEN… there’s no rest for the weary! Gotta make more… more… more! I have another soda kiln to fill in a week and a half… yikes! Making more stuff for ART IN THE BARN!!!

Categories: art fair, mugs

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who came out for ART IN THE GARDEN this weekend. We had perfect weather & great surroundings. I mean, could the background for my booth have been any greener?! So much fun hanging out & chatting with so many fun people! Thanks for coming!!

Also a big thanks to Amy & Tom for hosting the event every year…
as well as our merry band of talented artists who never cease to amaze me!
So great to play with you all this weekend!

Categories: animals, art fair, hybrid mugs, mugs, soda-fired

Plus, it looks like I may have had an overnight critter visiting my booth… ever-so-gently “admiring” some of my hybrid mugs. Luckily they were on the top shelf… so no harm, no foul.

Categories: glaze, mugs, textures, tools

Doing some glazing tonight for my soda kiln firing this weekend. Like these “hybrid mugs” that have been dipped in a flashing slip & now have a layer of tenmoku glaze rubbed in to highlight the textures. You know how I love making mugs… and I love these textures made with MKM Pottery Tools. The perfect combination!