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

More carving. More sgraffito.
Another porcelain platter “racing” its way towards next weekend’s HOLIDAY HOME SHOW!!!

Categories: platters, porcelain, sgraffito

Another sgraffito platter carved while firing the kiln today!

Categories: platters, porcelain, sgraffito

It was a very productive day today while firing…
cleaning, glazing, carving with my DiamondCore Toolsoh yeah, and firing too!!!

Categories: porcelain, sgraffito, wheelthrowing

One last batch… hoping to hurry them through so they’re carved & glazed
by next weekend’s HOLIDAY HOME SHOW!!! Work in progress…

Categories: mugs, porcelain, soda-fired, stamped

Sweet little porcelain mug kissed & blushing with a nice flash of soda!

Categories: mugs, porcelain, process, production, stamped

Early morning mugs!
Playing with porcelain adding handles this morning!

Categories: platters, porcelain, process, production

Adding a band of black slip onto a couple of white porcelain platters.
Sgraffito coming soon!

Categories: platters, porcelain

Porcelain platters. Simple spirals.
Black slip & some sgraffito carving coming soon.

Categories: mugs, porcelain, process, production, wheelthrowing

Playing with porcelain. More mugs coming soon!

Categories: porcelain, stamped, vases

Stamped porcelain with some colored flashing slip accents on the top portion and in each stamp. After soda-firing, this slip should turn mustard yellow with random flashing marks from the flames & soda atmosphere.