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

It was pretty late last night when I finally finished glazing in my studio… lots of pots, lots of wadding! So I packed both sides of my studio cart and put some masking tape “seat belts” on it so none of the pots would jump off as I rolled everything downstairs on the rickety freight elevator!

Categories: kiln firing, process, production

As though I didn’t already have plenty still to glaze for tonight’s soda kiln loading… let’s just toss in a few MORE from this last minute bisque kiln full. More is more, right?!

Categories: glaze, process, production

Trying to stay productive… stamps are “filled” with tenmoku glaze… and just added a liner glaze too! Still needing a little clean-up around the rims… and then a lot of wadding for the soda kiln. I’m scheduled to load Friday night… and I still have a LOT of glazing to do. Eyes on the prize!!!

Categories: glaze, mugs, process, production, stamped

Doing a little glaze inlay into the stamped impressions on a bunch of mugs! I’m filling the stamps with a tenmoku glaze, and then wiping off the “top” surface so the glaze only stays in the texture impressions.

Categories: mugs, process, production

Looks like I’ve got more than a little glazing to do tonight… ugh… not my favorite part of the process! But I do LOVE the results… so I guess it’s worth it?!

Categories: process, production, stamped, textures

Another batch of textured fortune cookies drying in my studio!

Categories: production, stamped, vases

A quick batch of medium vases…
stamped & painted with colored flashing slips for my next soda kiln!

Categories: color, mugs, process, production, stamped

So we recently got a new slip color at Lillstreet.
RED… and not a rusty iron red, but a true holiday red!!!

I’ve used it a couple times with some of my Summer Campers… but never on my own work. So this is a test. I can’t wait to see if it does anything cool in the soda kiln. Might be nice, might not be… we’ll see in a couple weeks!

Categories: mugs, process, production, stamped

What better way to celebrate than with another batch of mugs freshly stamped, assembled & accents painted with colored flashing slips.

Categories: mugs, process, production

Stamped mugs getting a little lovin’ with some accents painted with colored flashing slip. If all goes well during the soda-firing, this slip will change to a smooth orange color with nice flashing effects.