Gary Jackson: Fire When Ready Pottery
A Chicago potter’s somewhat slanted view of clay & play
Categories: mugs, soda-fired, stamped

Looks like Rhonda is enjoying a quiet moment on a rainy December day…
accompanied by some cute little guy stewing in her morning coffee
in her new holiday trees mug!???

Categories: mugs, soda-fired, stamped

Since soda-firing can be so random… and one side of a piece can look totally different than the other side… most of the photos posted for my ONLINE HOLIDAY SHOW will have an inset photo so you can see both sides! Dimensions, volume & price will be on the photos too! This mug is just a great dramatic example!!!

Categories: mugs, soda-fired, stamped

Looks like Beth is enjoying a little MUGSHOT MONDAY
with the new holiday mug she picked up this weekend at my Second Holiday Home Show

There are only a couple holiday mugs left. So I think we might have time
for a little Facebook online sale… most likely tomorrow!!!

Categories: bowls, food, soda-fired, stamped

Not only did I leave Thanksgiving with a bunch of leftovers… but I got a bunch of homegrown eggs as well. Their backyard chickens are still working hard producing eggs. Thanks Kelly for sending some home with me!

Categories: mugs, soda-fired, stamped

After a great Thanksgiving celebration… looks like everyone is ready for a relaxing start to their day! Some of us have to work today… while others apparently get to lounge around all day & chill with a fun collection of mugs… including some new Holiday mugs just added to their collection!

Categories: mugs, soda-fired, stamped

Looks like Beckie is celebrating her own little MUGSHOT MONDAY with her new festive Holiday Mug! Thanks for stopping by yesterday, hanging out, shopping, chatting… and for sharing this special moment with us Beckie!!!

Categories: art fair, mugs, soda-fired

You know you had a successful weekend when the dishwasher is full both days with all of the used “hot apple cider mugs!”… yes, I made a special set of mugs just for the Holiday Home Shows… they only come out twice a year!

Categories: ornaments, soda-fired

Two more hours… still plenty of time to start your holiday shopping.
My HOLIDAY HOME SHOW will stay open until 6:00pm today!!! C’mon by!

Categories: soda-fired

Still setting up for this weekend’s HOLIDAY HOME SHOW… maybe you’ve heard of it???

Anyway… I was taken by these fantastic fire flashing marks on the bottom of some large oval vases. As the soda kiln fires & leaves soda-glaze deposits on the pots, some of it sneaks under the pots & leaves wonderful flashing marks. Like these where you can literally see the flame’s path between the wadding that was under the pots during the firing. So cool to see where the flames kissed the pots & left their marks!!! Ahhh… another beauty of soda-firing!!!

Categories: mugs, soda-fired, stamped

A few more shots of this year’s collection of Holiday Mugs… just in time for this weekend’s HOLIDAY HOME SHOW!!! New stamped & soda-fired mugs with a string of Holiday Lights… as well as some mugs with Christmas Trees & star toppers… kinda like last year’s holiday mugs!