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

Doing a little carving with a DiamondCore Tool on one of the sides of my blocks… sgraffito decorating was one of the guidelines I put forth for this week’s LILLSTREET THROWDOWN challenge!

Categories: mugs, porcelain, process, production, tools

Let the trimming begin!!!…
and have I mentioned lately that I LOVE trimming?! Yep, I do.

Categories: process, production, studio, tools

Tools of the trade. Love my Bison tools for trimming…
and my MudTools rib for smoothing & burnishing!

Categories: process, production, tools

Just setting up for an early morning trimming session.
Always better when you ave some great tools to work with… like my Bison Trimming Tools!

Categories: process, production, tools
I LOVE TRIMMING!!!
Especially when it’s the bottoms of “mugs-to-be” and using two of my favorite tools…
a Bison Trimming Tool and my ever-spinning Giffin Grip!!!

Categories: stamps, tools

Kicking off 2020 with TWENTY new handmade stamps!!!
Okay, so each one has a different stamp pattern on each end…
so maybe that makes it “twenty-twenty”?! Well, that’s my story any ways!!

Categories: platters, porcelain, sgraffito, tools

Playing with porcelain carving black & white patterns
with some of my favorite DiamondCore Tools!!!

Categories: bowls, sgraffito, tools

While I’m “trapped” at the studio firing all day, I figure it’s a great chance to start some carving… with my favorite DiamondCore Tools!!! Making a last-minute batch of carved porcelain sgraffito bowls & platters. If my calendar is correct… they will make it out of the glaze kiln just in time for next week’s HOLIDAY HOME SHOW!!!

Categories: process, production, tools

Trimming some porcelain bowls with my super sharp Bison Trimming Tools.
Love the curly ribbons of clay that come off so cleanly!

Categories: studio, tools

Goopey gloppy tools… guess I should clean them tonight before I leave?!