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

One last reminder… okay, maybe a couple more?… that this weekend is my HOLIDAY HOME SHOW on Saturday & Sunday from 10:00am-6:00pm. Every room of my condo is filled with pottery, we’re all decorated for Christmas, there’s food & drink in the kitchen… and the “Tired of Shlepping Sale” is on the back porch! It’s the largest collection of pottery you’ll see from me all year… including things that never get to travel to art fairs!!! So plan your weekend, make your shopping list & head over to my place this weekend. Even if it’s just to sit on my sofa & chat!!!

Categories: art fair, pottery

Still prepping & pricing… still setting up for this weekend’s HOLIDAY HOME SHOW! Be sure to come with your list, as handmade pottery makes perfect holiday gifts!!! Hope you can make it… and bring a friend!!!

Categories: pottery, soda-fired, stamped

While setting up my HOLIDAY HOME SHOW for next weekend… I realized that I never quite shared enough photos from my kiln unloading. So here are a few more freshly soda-fired pots still in the kiln! I mean, they’re not “now”… ‘cuz they’re already on some display shelves waiting to go to their forever homes!

Categories: art fair, pottery

We’re just one week away from my biggest pottery sale of the year! With pottery in every room of my condo, all decked out for Christmas, food & drink in the kitchen and the “Tired Of Shlepping Sale” on the back porch! Mark your calendar, make your holiday gift list & bring some friends to kick-off your holiday gift shopping with some handmade one-of-a-kind pottery!

Categories: mugs, pottery, soda-fired, stamped

Celebrating another MUGSHOT MONDAY with a quick glimpse at some of the new mugs that came out of the soda kiln last week! These and many more will be ready for my HOLIDAY HOME SHOW... as we’ll start with well over a HUNDRED mugs to kick-off the Home Show!

Categories: art fair, pottery

Hard to believe we’re just two weeks away from my HOLIDAY HOME SHOW!!!… ‘cuz In my head, it should still be summer!? So mark your calendars now, make your holiday shopping lists & get ready to bring a friend! This is the biggest pottery show I do all year… with pottery in every room of my condo, all decked out for Christmas, food & drink in the kitchen and the ever-popular TIRED OF SHLEPPING SALE on the back porch!

Categories: kiln firing, pottery

After about three hours, I had the soda kiln fully packed with pots from top to bottom & front to back late Friday evening… err, guess it was really Saturday morning! Lots of “Tetris” stacking & packing to load everything in with proper spacing. Can’t wait to see these pots again… after the soda firing!

Categories: food, pottery, stamped

Today is NATIONAL FLUFFERNUTTER DAY!!!
A childhood favorite… and we can consider this as “carbo-loading,” right?!

Categories: flowers, food, friends, pottery

My friends Keith & Julie recently moved for central Illinois to Ohio… and it looks like they finally got around to unboxing some of their pottery collection! What better way to “feel at home” than with a freshly-baked pineapple upside-down cake, fresh-cut roses from the garden & the warmth of a candle… and some of my stamped pottery to pull it all together!

Categories: art fair, friends, pottery

We had such a great time at ART IN THE GARDEN a couple weeks ago… and it looks like some of my biggest “fans” did too!!! HA!!! Allison has quite a collection of my work… so fun to have such loyal friends & customers! She’s always so supportive of her artist friends.

And this weekend is a perfect chance for me to meet more “friends” at ART IN THE BARN!!! C’mon by!