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

Forty cylinders stamped and one step closer to becoming a fresh, new batch of mugs!!!

Categories: mugs, process, production, stamped, stamps

Got some plain cylinders that can’t stay like that way for long.
Time to do a little stamping!!!

Categories: mugs, soda-fired, stamped

Another Monday. Another mug.
Happy Mugshot Monday!

Categories: mugs, process, production

Enough playing around in the water, on my bike and in my tennies…
time to start cranking out some more work for my next soda kiln.
Starting with the basics… MORE MUGS!!

Categories: mugs, production

More handles. More mugs. This time in porcelain.
HAPPY MUGSHOT MONDAY!

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Categories: gallery, mugs

Just snagged these two great mugs from “Cup : The Intimate Object” online sale at the Charlie Cummings Gallery. So excited to add mugs by Hedy Yang and Todd Volz to my Mug Collection!!!

Click here to go to the Charlie Cummings for the online gallery & sale.

Hedy Yang… with some wonderful bubble glazing… much cooler than our attempt in class!

Todd Volz…

I tried to get a “Lost Age Mug” by Mike Stumbras too, but they all sold out too fast!!!
Not to mention the really cool “Space Relic Mugs” by Mike Cinelli. Maybe next time…

Mike Stumbras…

Mike Cinelli…

 

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Categories: glaze, kiln firing, mugs, porcelain

Happy Mugshot Monday… as I’m pulling some warm porcelain mugs out of my cone six glaze firing. Loving the new colors. Can’t wait to show them off this weekend!!!

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Categories: glaze, kiln firing, mugs, process, production

And while one kiln cools…
it’s time to start glazing the pieces from last week’s bisque kiln.
Starting with my favorite… mugs, mugs and MORE MUGS!!!

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Categories: mugs, soda-fired, stamped

Happy Mugshot Monday everyone!

Categories: kiln firing, mugs, process, production

So many pots. Cranking out as much as I can getting ready for ART IN THE BARN. It’s two weeks from today and I still have so much work to do. Including a couple more kiln firings. My plan is to get all of these pieces into glaze kilns next week. I have a full soda kiln scheduled for net Saturday. So even though I’m in “the middle” of ART IN THE GARDEN this weekend, I still had to go into the studio to unload this bisque kiln. No rest for the weary.

Kiln Layer #1 – Mugs. Mugs. Mugs… ALL MUGS!!! My favorite!

Kiln Layer #2 – My mostly porcelain layer. Mugs, cups and a couple bowls.

Kiln Layer #3 – Stars. Stars. And more stars!!! And a few bowls, ovals & cups!

Kiln Layer #3.5 – Stamped platter, spoon rests… and some fortune cookies!

Kiln Layer #4 – Bowls, mugs, ornaments and a LOT of tiles!!!

And you know how I like to get close to the top…