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

Stamping a couple dinner plates after summer camp… but before teaching class tonight!

Categories: platters, stamped, stamps

Another platter… another round of stamping!
Once again creating a decorative rim with just ONE handmade stamp
pressed in one by one… by one… by one…

Categories: platters, stamped, stamps, surface decoration

As easy as 1, 2, 3… one row, two rows, three!!! Did a little platter stamping today. All of the surface decoration, texture & pattern was done with just one of my handmade stamps.

Pressed in one by one… by one… by one…

Categories: stamped, summer camp

Today in Summer Camp, it was trimming, attachments & surface decoration day. So I brought some of my handmade stamps to class for the kids to use… and Sloan apparently embraced the “more is more” concept!!!

Categories: stamped, summer camp

Okay… so I “might” have brought my handmade stamps down to share with my Summer Campers this week… perhaps… and it looks like Micah really enjoyed using them! To make this sweet little set of bowls! Adorable!!!

Categories: mugs, soda-fired, stamped

Just a few of the mugs that came out of my latest soda firing. Still enamored by the stamped textures, the flashing soda effects & the saturated colors! Not just “gray & brown” like a lot of other soda firings!

Categories: stamped, summer camp

More summer camp fun with 8-9 year olds this week… and I “may” have brought some of my handmade clay stamps to camp for them to try!!! More is more… even with the kids!

Categories: production, stamped

Lots of stamping done today… moving on to trimming. Which I love!!!

Categories: production, stamped, stamps

Let the stamping begin… on another batch of pots today!
Big production Sunday is well under way!!!

Categories: mugs, process, stamped, surface decoration

Painting some accents of colored flashing slip…
around the top rim & on each stamped impression!

Working towards filling a soda kiln in the next couple weeks…