Tomorrow is the big kick-off of the NORTHERN ILLINOIS POTTERY TOUR! Check-out the website for information, artist links & to register for FREE POTTERY DEMOS!!!

We have twenty-one potters on The Tour, many of which will be doing free demos. I will be in my studio tomorrow night doing a demo on how I uses handmade stamps to add texture to my pottery. If you would like to join me in my studio, you just need to register online to get the ZOOM link for all of the demos… plus, you’ll also be registered in a drawing for some free pottery by our Tour Hosts!!!

GARY JACKSON : STAMPED POTTERY DEMO
FRIDAY, JUNE 18th, 2021 @ 8:00pm CSTMore info at www.northernilpotterytour.com

Some more stamped surface decoration for this weekend’s NORTHERN ILLINOIS POTTERY TOUR!

Wanna see how I do it…
Well, tomorrow night I will be doing a ZOOM demo live from my studio at 8:00pm! You just need to register for free on the Pottery Tour website to get the ZOOM link. And if you do, you’ll have access to all of the free artist demos… and have a chance to win a free piece by one of the tour host artists!

Check out the list of free demos on the website… www.northernilpotterytour.com

We’ve all waited a LONG time for this to happen… years… even a pandemic… but finally it’s done… my brand new ETSY SHOP is finally here! With over a hundred pieces listed for online shopping as part of the kick-of of the NORTHERN ILLINOIS POTTERY TOUR!

Click on over to start the fun – www.etsy.com/shop/firewhenreadypottery

With the big launch of the NORTHERN ILLINOIS POTTERY TOUR just two days away… I thought it might be nice to share the spotlight with a few of “My Talented Friends.” The tour will feature twenty-one talented potters each with a different approach & aesthetic. The tour is “virtual” this year with each artist selling their work online. In addition, there will be live demos & presentations on ZOOM… as well as some great giveaways! For more information… www.northernilpotterytour.com

And just in case you’ve missed it somehow, I will be launching my new ETSY SHOP this Friday morning at 8:00am… www.etsy.com/shop/FireWhenReadyPottery . There’s nothing posted there yet, but you can probably tag, follow or bookmark so you’re ready for the big kick-off Friday morning!!!

A little more “eye candy” for those who love a bit of texture… like me!
A few more “teasers” of a couple of the vases that will be part of my “brand new” ETSY SHOP launch Friday 6/18 at 8:00am as part of the NORTHERN ILLINOIS POTTERY.

Celebrating MUGSHOT MONDAY by finally getting these mugs “posted” as a draft on my new ETSY SHOP! Moving on to more pieces to upload to ETSY. The “big debut” of my brand new shop will be at 8:00am Friday 6/18 when the NORTHERN ILLINOIS POTTERY TOUR goes “live” with lots of great pottery & free demos for everyone!

Check-out www.northernilpotterytour.com for more details.

So I finally got around to starting to post pieces on my new ETSY page… or so I thought?! For some reason the whole site is pretty user-friendly… until you get one of these big red error boxes!!! Nothing to click. Nothing to edit. No drop-down menus??? I couldn’t get past this!!! Ugh. It’s never easy.

I even asked some of the other potters on the NORTHERN ILLINOIS POTTERY TOUR for advice… lots of suggestions, and nothing worked. I called my friend Nancy and she tackled it for over an hour… even trying it on her computer… but to no avail. I even texted both of the organizers of the pottery tour… more for updates & moral support.

Jon called me right back to walk me through it if he could… and lo & behold… it seems to now be miraculously working. He didn’t even have to do anything… it just showed up… and it was working?! I’ve got options. I’ve got shipping profiles. I’ve got my first six pieces “posted” in draft mode… and all seems to be going well.

Although it’s kinda tough to type the info in while my fingers are still crossed.

Just pulling together & photographing a lot of pieces for the NORTHERN ILLINOIS POTTERY TOUR… and noticing a smidge of textures & stamps here & there?! Go figure… a little visual “teaser” of the pieces that will be available on my new ETSY SHOP starting Friday, June 18th at 8:00am!

Check out the website for more Pottery Tour information & free demo schedule! www.northernilpotterytour.com

Were in the final countdown… THE NORTHERN ILLINOIS POTTERY TOUR kicks-off this coming Friday at 8:00am! Just five days until the inaugural event with twenty-one artists working together to share a lot of pottery, demos & discussions! Check the website for more details & demo schedules… www.northernilpotterytour.com

Well, I think I’ve finally pulled together my pottery inventory for the NORTHERN ILLINOIS POTTERY TOUR. And now the photography session has finally begun… this is gonna take awhile!

Maybe I should have been more “focused” with my camera than being “focused” on my handlebars while pedaling my bike so much lately?!!! But it’s been gorgeous outside, right?… so sue me!