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

In my Monday night Intermediate Wheelthrowing class this week, one of my students was stamping wonderful patterns on her thrown platter. Wonder where she got THAT idea?!

It looks AMAZING Christine!!!
I guess my work here is done…

Categories: process, production, stamped

Just trying to get a little head-start on making some more flower pots for my upcoming summer art fairs! Thrown & stamped with some water drips trays… just waiting to trim, punch drainage holes, dry, bisque fire, glaze & soda fire. Feels like I’ve got a good head-start… but there’s still a lot of steps to get them done!

Categories: food, pottery, stamped

Another great “national” holiday today…
NATIONAL CHERRY PIE DAY!!!

And it would be just be downright wrong for me not to celebrate on such a wonderful day, right?!

Categories: platters, stamped, textures

Celebrating another TEXTURE TUESDAY… before I head off to class to teach my Beginners how to throw plates & platters on the wheel. They might not get quite this far tonight… but there’s always next session to show them even more!!!

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?!