Playing in the studio making a new batch of medium vases. Just a few thrown…
and then some stamping to make them a bit more exciting!






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And now they’re all stamped, under plastic and waiting to be trimmed & slip painted.


Gary Jackson: Fire When Ready Pottery
A Chicago potter’s somewhat slanted view of clay & play |
Playing in the studio making a new batch of medium vases. Just a few thrown…
and then some stamping to make them a bit more exciting!






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And now they’re all stamped, under plastic and waiting to be trimmed & slip painted.


Seven Days & Seven Photos in black & white of your everyday life.
No explanation, no people. Challenge a friend to join everyday.
Day 6 of 7. I was challenged by my friends Barb Duro & Pam Walden.
Today I challenge Pamela Johnson-Howe.

And not all Thanksgiving desserts need to be pie, right?!
Crazy I know... but one of my culinary contributions today was a creamy homemade
vanilla cheesecake with plenty of gooey hot fudge to pour over the top.

And I’m just guessing now but… Breakfast of Champions tomorrow!!!

Concentric cone six circles. Some smooth, some stamped. All a beautiful shade of green!

And oh, but wait there’s more…
Sure there are larger soda-fired square vases… but adorable small ones too!
These have a different pattern on each side as well. Turn them, flip them, switch it up!
Perfect for a smaller bunch of flowers, or just a few stems.


Fun eryngium flowers… also known as blue sea thistle.




Some new textured & soda-fired vases ready for this weekend’s Holiday Home Show. Especially when each side of the vase has a different pattern. Get tired of one pattern, just flip it around to the other. Like two vases for the price of one!




Another fully stamped platter fresh out of the kiln. Cone six glazed with a new honey amber glaze that I recently mixed up. I’m loving how it is breaking & pooling all of the right places!


Stamped, trimmed, accented with colored flashing slips and now drying. Not bad for bowls that were thrown less then 24 hours ago! This is what happens when racing for a soda-kiln loading in just a few days!!!

Early morning detailing with a dab of colored flashing slip on every stamp.

Making more textured tiles for another wall installation. Not quite so many tiles this time. Slightly larger tiles, therefore, “fewer” tiles to make. Let’s hope the colored flashing slips “pop” a bit more after soda-firing this weekend.

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Gary Jackson: Fire When Ready Pottery
Lillstreet Studios ∙ 4401 North Ravenswood, Chicago, Illinois 60640 ∙ 773-307-8664 gary@firewhenreadypottery.com |