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

And another entry in the “Show Me Your Ghouls” project. This time from my brother-in-law Scott who’s showing off their collection of Ghouls, one of my ceramic Jack-O-Lanterns, a stamped vase… and oh yeah, some random scarecrow hidden in the corner.

Did I forget to mention that really cool tile background??? Looks familiar.
Pretty sweet… even if I do say so myself.

Categories: mugs, tiles

I love when people actually use my pots in their everyday lives.
And when people send me photos of my pots in action.
Please send me more photos of my pottery in your world so I can share them here!

Categories: friends, holiday, tiles

Cupcakes & candles for one of my favorite customers.
Love to see them using one of my ClayQuilt tiled trivets for the party festivities.
Sweets for the Sweetest. Happy Birthday Ann!!!

Categories: food, tiles

A great use of a tiled ClayQuilt. A beautiful “trivet” in the kitchen.
Thanks to some of my favorite customers for sharing their idea & photo.
You can almost smell the bread cooling from here…

Now if they would just share the bread too!!!

Categories: lillstreet, tiles

Spiraling bricolage mosaic on the front of Lillstreet Art Center.
Can you spot the Fire When Ready Pottery stamped vase on the mandala mosaic???

Categories: art fair, tiles

Ready for another day of fun at ART IN THE BARN.
It’s Day Two and it looks like another beautiful day in Barrington!
I’ve re-stocked and put everything back in its place. Not only do I have a spacious double booth… but I also have a great “backyard” space to overflow into as well. The perfect place to display some larger ClayQuilts… and the requisite Fall mum.

Categories: art fair, friends, My Talented Friends, textures, tiles

If you couldn’t make it to “Art In The Garden” and therefore you missed the tiled collaboration pieces I did with Cory McCrory. This weekend is your second chance!

Missed the “Garden” so come out to the “Barn.”
I’ll have the remaining collaboration tiled mirrors with me at ART IN THE BARN.
Great colors, great whimsy, great textures. It’s always fun to collaborate with Cory…
and these mirrors are going fast!!!

Categories: production, tiles

Whew… just finished assembling & gluing all of the tiles in place…
800 all together!!!

Another fun collaboration project with Cory McCrory done… and drying!
Remember, the “Big Reveal” is this weekend at ART IN THE GARDEN in Glenview!!!
A fun group of Talented Friends hanging out in Amy Taylor’s backyard garden!!!

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But for now, they’re sitting on top of my dining room table drying.
All ready to travel to Glenview tomorrow morning for the “Big Reveal.”

And after seeing this… maybe I need consider tiling my dining room table for real?!

Categories: process, production, tiles

Still gluing. Only eight more collaboration pieces to go!!!
Ahhhh…. FUMES!!!

Categories: art fair, My Talented Friends, textures, tiles

The collaboration pieces I’m doing with Cory McCrory are coming together nicely. I’ve been laying out the tiles to create mini-ClayQuilts. So many colors, textures, flowers… and even some words along the way!!! Once I get them all laid out, I’ll give them all a final “edit”… switch a tile, rotate a tile, tweak ’em a bit before I call them done!

And then I still have to glue them all in place so they can dry in time for the “Big Reveal” this weekend at ART IN THE GARDEN in Glenview.

I love when a plan comes together!!!