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

One of the requests from my Intermediate Wheelthrowing class was to tackle some soup or chili bowls. I’ve never made them quite honestly… but always up for a challenge! So I’m starting with a matched set of six! We’ll call it a test run…

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

My ETSY Shop Update goes LIVE in just one hour!!!
I have thirty new stamped mugs ready to go… so set a timer for 6:00pm CST to check-in on ETSY and grab one before they’re gone!

https://www.etsy.com/shop/FireWhenReadyPottery

Categories: art fair, ETSY Shop, mugs, pottery, soda-fired, stamped

We’re celebrating another MUGSHOT MONDAY with a lot of mugs!!!…
also known as an ETSY Shop Update!


My ETSY site will be updated at 6:00pm CST tonight!
There will be only thirty mugs in the shop… so grab ’em quick!!!
Scroll through for a little preview before my ETSY site goes live in just five hours!!!

https://www.etsy.com/shop/FireWhenReadyPottery

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

Just a few of the mugs that will be going up for sale in tomorrow’s ETSY Shop update!!! I have thirty mugs ready to go off to new homes as soon as my ETSY Shop goes live at 6:00pm CST tomorrow!!!

Here’s the link… click it now, and “favorite” it before tomorrow’s big sale… https://www.etsy.com/shop/FireWhenReadyPottery

Categories: platters, stamped, textures

Finally getting around to finishing up a little commission… of little side plates. Half with a spiral, half without a spiral… but all with stamped perimeters!!! Drying now… need to be bisque fired still… looking forward to glazing them soon!

Categories: bowls, stamped, surface decoration

Just spending a little time in the studio today doing a bit of stamping… adding a few more details to the bowls I made during our recent “not-so-basic-bowls” class demo!

I mean, MORE IS MORE, right?!

Categories: food, pottery, stamped

I needed to make a pie and didn’t have any apples in the house. So I decided to go with a retro flashback recipe thanks to the folks at Ritz Crackers! It’s a great recipe for an “apple” pie that uses no apples, no applesauce, no apple juice… nothing apple related. And yet somehow it’s YUMMY and tastes just like an apple pie?! Looks like it tasted pretty good… not much left!

Categories: food, platters, pottery, stamped

Just got home late from teaching my THROWDOWN pottery class… but didn’t want to miss out on celebrating another national holiday!!! You know how I LOVE a good holiday… and a good piece of chocolate cake… or two?!!!

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

Stamping another large platter for another Texture Tuesday! With just two handmade stamps doing all of the hard work. One-by-one pressed in while the clay is leatherhard… creating a groovy textured pattern for the glaze to play with later!

Categories: food, platters, stamped

Looks like a yummy way to start a snowy Sunday morning down in Central Illinois. Thanks for sharing your breakfast Gerry & Rosene!