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

More holiday snacks… I’m “sure” they taste a LOT better when served in Fire When Ready Pottery!!! Oval casserole filled with chips, tiled trivet, candle votive and a wheelthrown ornament. Happy Holidays… and thanks for sharing your pottery-filled family gatherings with me!

If you have any photos from your holiday gatherings using my pottery, please e-mail them to me so I can share your pictures too. gary@firewhenreadypottery.com

Categories: family, tiles

My cousins in Minnesota are gearing up for the holidays. Three adorable kids looking forward to the Big Day. Oh yeah… and look at those great mirrors over the fireplace! Huh, pretty shnazzy, right?! I love how they’ve decorated my tiled mirrors for the holidays!!! Wish I could come up there to celebrate with my Minnesota cousins!

Merry Christmas Caroline, Christopher & Mitchell.

Categories: artists, friends, patterns, soda-fired, textures, tiles

That Amy Taylor is such a tease!!! We can “almost” see what she’s been doing on our collaboration project. Remember, the BIG REVEAL is this Saturday at my place for our annual MUD & METAL Collaborative Holiday Home Show from 10:00am-6:00pm. She’s only making a few… so come early to snatch one up!!!

Categories: tiles

Early morning gluing of tiles to make a few new ClayQuilts
for this weekend’s Holiday Home Show. Squeeze, squish, align, dry. Repeat.

Categories: tiles, travel

Merry floor mosaic while I’m sitting waiting for my delayed flight home.
Lots of tile for a lot of weary travelers.

Categories: artists, friends, tiles

Just one more Halloween pumpkin. This one from the talented hands of Mike Skiercsh . It’s the first in a new annual Limited Edition series of Jack-O-Lantern tiles. A very cute addition to my Halloween decor… and I can’t wait to add to the collection every year!!! This one is #13 of 50. I hope to collect “lucky number 13” every year!!!

For more on Mike and his beautiful handmade tiles & installations,
click here for the Skiersch Studio website.

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!!!