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

First batch of packages on their way to their new forever homes!
More to come… seems like I’ll be at the post office a lot this week!!!

Categories: art fair, process

Still working on the “glamorous” backside of tonight’s online sale. Plenty of photographs, measurements, determining volume, photoshopping & pricing. All of which has to happen in advance of the sale going live. It’s not just pulling pots off a shelf and voile’… a sale!!! So I’m still at it… all afternoon as the deadline draws near. Just 90 more minutes until it’s go-time!!! Fingers crossed.

Categories: glaze, process, production

One last kiln to unload before this weekend’s pottery sale!
Just in time for my SECOND HOLIDAY HOME SHOW!
C’mon by!!!

Categories: process, production

Just finished waxing a LOT of bottoms… getting ready to do some glazing. I hoping to get all of this… most of this?… some of this???… glazed & fired before this weekend’s SECOND HOLIDAY HOME SHOW!!! A bit of quick replenishing goin’ on here!!!

Categories: ornaments, process

In between chatting with festive Lillstreet shoppers, I’m trying my best to stay focused & stay busy! Adding gold strings to a fresh batch of ornaments & gift tags. Replenishing for next weekend’s “BOWLS & BUTTONS Holiday Home Show” at my condo!

Categories: food, platters, process, stamped, surface decoration

Just doing a little “slip trailing” with melted chocolate!!! Decorating my dessert contribution to today’s Thanksgiving feast. And I wanted a smaller circle to create the ring of dots around… so why not use a smaller bowl upside-down as the “stencil”???

Categories: glaze, process, production

It’s gonna be a late Friday night of glazing… just trying to squeeze in
a couple last-minute firings before next weekend’s HOLIDAY HOME SHOW.

Categories: process, production

Another forest. Another productive morning! Just another batch of Christmas trees for my Holiday home Show… coming soon… very soon!!! Just a week & a half away!!!

Categories: process, production

Some people hate making mugs because they hate pulling handles. NOT ME!!! Mugs are actually my favorite thing to make… and I kinda dig pulling handles too!!!

Categories: process, production

Just getting ready to pull some handles… again…