Gary Jackson: Fire When Ready Pottery
A Chicago potter’s somewhat slanted view of clay & play
Categories: art fair, terra cotta, The Ghouls Collection

Creepy Clowns… the newest member of THE GHOULS COLLECTION. It’s a Limited Edition of forty… and when they’re gone, they’re gone!!! They’re all very similar, but each on has a different color combo & personality. It will be great fun to see how people analyze & pick their favorite this weekend at ART IN THE BARN!

Categories: art fair, terra cotta, The Ghouls Collection

The newest addition to THE GHOULS COLLECTION
limited edition Creepy Clowns!!!

Coming out of the kiln… not so creepy, I think they’re pretty cute.
Vibrant colors with a smirky-toothy grin… half with hats, and half with flowers “squirting” water!! All coming out for ART IN THE BARN this weekend in Barrington!

Categories: glaze, terra cotta, The Ghouls Collection

Finally all glazed & going into the kiln! I always find it funny that this crazy “mint ice cream” green glaze somehow turns clear in the firing?! Feels good to have them “safely” in the kiln… one step closer to getting them done… and one HUGE step towards getting them all to ART IN THE BARN this weekend!!!

Categories: glaze, process, production, pumpkins, terra cotta, The Ghouls Collection

Looks like it’s time to get some glaze on! Everything is finally painted with underglaze… so now it’s time for a layer of clear glaze to make everything shiny & more vibrant.

Categories: art fair, terra cotta

Like I didn’t have enough to do before this weekend…
so why not crank out another batch of festive kid’s necklaces?!

I like to do a fun little “art sale” for the 10 & under kids who come out to ART IN THE BARN. These will all be pendants on necklaces for the kids… and if they make an “art choice” & pay for them “themselves”… then they get ’em for a dollar!!! But if it’s an adult buying them… well, then they’re FULL PRICE!!! I want the kids to be able to buy their own art. To make a choice. To step-it-up & make a purchase. To interact. To admire something enough to choose to take it home. You’re never too young to start appreciating handmade crafts. Time to start their own art collection… and wear a groovy fun necklace at the same time!!!

Categories: terra cotta, The Ghouls Collection

So much cuter… errr, I mean “creepier”… with more colored accents!!! Love ’em or hate ’em… no matter what your take on clowns is… I’ll have forty of them coming to ART IN THE BARN this weekend. They’re a Limited Edition… and when they’re gone, they’re gone… just like all of the the Ghouls who have come before them!

Categories: terra cotta, The Ghouls Collection

Even tombstones need some color, right?!

Categories: terra cotta, The Ghouls Collection

Hair we go… err, I mean HERE we go… with some bright color starting with the hair!!!

Categories: terra cotta, The Ghouls Collection

And just in case the “big reveal” was not revealing enough?…
Well here’s a few better pictures of this year’s newest Ghoul…
everybody’s favorite… a CREEPY CLOWN!!!

Categories: handbuilding, terra cotta, The Ghouls Collection

Why do I do this to myself??? Okay, so I got a little “distracted” and then THIS happened!!! I thought that since so many people have been collecting my Halloween Ghouls for years… they might need some “scenery” to go with their ghoulish groups! So I made a quick batch of tombstones… because I apparently just can’t stop myself??? And now back to reality… back to the Ghouls…