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

Tomorrow night I will be kicking off my annual ST. NICK’S DAY MUG SALE!!!
Here’s a preview of the TWENTY mugs that will be going up for sale tomorrow evening at 8:00pm Central… only on my Fire When Ready Facebook Page. So you can see them all here… but you’ll need to wait until tomorrow night to “claim” them on Facebook!!! It’s going to be first-come, first-served… the first person to put MINE in the Comment Section of each mug photo will get it. Remember, it will be the first Comment on each photo, NOT the photo album!!!

They will be $50 each…
which includes packing & shipping within the contiguous United States.

So take a second to peruse the twenty mugs going up for sale and pick your favorites!
Then go to my Facebook page tomorrow at 8:00pm when the sale goes LIVE!!!

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So here’s another reminder… just in case you haven’t heard yet…
I’m having an ONLINE mug sale!!!

Categories: art fair, mugs, soda-fired, stamped

Coming soon…
another chance to score a FIRE WHEN READY POTTERY mug or two online!!!
Yes, I will soon be hosting an online sale on my Facebook page offering up twenty mugs online for those of you who can’t quite make it to an art fair or my Holiday Home Show! You may have “followed” me for years… and now a chance to get a mug!!! More details coming soon… just in time for St. Nick’s Day!!!

Categories: art fair, mugs, soda-fired, stamped

Lots of mugs in the dishwasher means we went through a LOT of hot apple cider today!
And that’s a good thing with lots of happy customers! More cider, more fun tomorrow!!!

Categories: bowls, stamped

And sure, let’s not get crazy… there were a few stamped porcelain bowls in that kiln too!!! All ready for my HOLIDAY HOME SHOW this weekend!!! Just in the nick of time…

Categories: ornaments, soda-fired, stamped

Not only did I get a lot of bowls, mugs, vases & more out of my soda kiln…
I also go a box FULL of wheelthrown ornaments!!!

Some of them need a smidge of cleaning up…
and then all of them will get a metal ring to hang from!
Lots of ornaments at the HOLIDAY HOME SHOW this weekend!!!

Categories: bowls, soda-fired, stamped

Sure, some of the bowls that came out last night were pretty darn sweet… if I do say so myself… the stamping, the glaze, the spiral. But sometimes it’s the back side of the bowl that is really STUNNING!!! Beautiful flashing marks on many of the bowls where you can practically see the flames blowing past & kissing the pots!

Categories: mugs, soda-fired, stamped

Fresh from the soda kiln… and still a bit warm for a “slightly late” Mugshot Monday!!!

Categories: kiln firing, soda-fired, stamped

First sneak peek into the kiln… cooling… unloading tonight!!!
Let the treasure hunt begin!!!

Categories: art fair, process, production, stamped, stamps

Stamping up another batch of small cups & tea bowls.
Adding texture as my Holiday Home Show is just two weeks away!!!

MY HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS : Saturday, November 23rd & Sunday, November 24th

Categories: mugs, process, production, stamped

Adding some colored flashing slip accents to this latest batch of mugs. They will go into my soda kiln next weekend where these muted slip colors will react in the soda atmosphere to create some brighter colors & magical effects… if all goes as planned.