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

Sure, I could leave the mugs plain… and worry about adding some color when I glaze them. But since these are destined for the soda kiln… I’d rather give them some color now with colored slips that will change as the flames touch them in the kiln… depositing the soda mixture that will also “glaze’ the exteriors!

Categories: mugs, process, production, stamped

Scored & slipped… handles attached! We officially have more mugs!!!
A labor of love… as in “I truly love making mugs!”

Categories: flowers, stamped, vases

Spring flowers to brighten up a Floral Friday… thanks Lynn for showing them off in one of my stamped vases!

Categories: mugs, process, production, stamped, surface decoration

Spent some time in the studio tonight stamping patterns into my latest batch of mugs!

Categories: food, platters, pottery, stamped, surface decoration

A little post-shuffle sweet treat… warm & gooey yumminess from Ann Sather’s. I mean… I’ve already “run” all morning… and it was on my walk home from the “L” train… burp.

Categories: production, stamped

Revisiting an old favorite… and making a batch of oval casseroles! Tomorrow’s project is to make the lids & add handles!!! Yep, little baking dishes coming soon!!!

Categories: platters, stamped, stamps, surface decoration, textures

Another large platter wheelthrowing demo… got a little makeover once I got it up to my studio. Just a couple stamps here & there. All made with one handmade stamp pressed in one-by-one-by-one…

Categories: challenge, classes, platters, stamped, stamps

Never one to back down from a challenge… I kinda felt obligated to make a clock for my LILLSTREET THROWDOWN as well. Sure, I coulda’ done a cartoon… but I felt this was more my style! The twist was that I used my student’s stamps that they made during a previous THROWDOWN challenge!!! They had no idea that I snuck them out of the bisque kiln & used them on my clock before I distributed them during the next class!!! So much fun to show it off during our final class! Fun clay clocks for everyone!!!

Categories: food, platters, stamped

Food just tastes better on handmade pottery!

Categories: glaze, mugs, stamped

Looks like Lisa is enjoying her perfectly purple mug while puzzling!