
A mug full of flowers! Who says a mug has to be just for coffee or tea? I prefer to use them as a vase for pretty flowers. Bright colored anemones, ranunculus & gerbera daisies in a swirly blue hybrid mug. Perfect for another Mugshot Monday!








Gary Jackson: Fire When Ready Pottery
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A mug full of flowers! Who says a mug has to be just for coffee or tea? I prefer to use them as a vase for pretty flowers. Bright colored anemones, ranunculus & gerbera daisies in a swirly blue hybrid mug. Perfect for another Mugshot Monday!








So apparently this is “a thing” now??? After last night’s post about the bathroom remodel based on one of my wall pocket vases… this morning I got another one!!! Longtime friend & follower Jean sent me photos of HER bathroom… also centered around a few of my tiled pieces, a round disc & a couple all pocket vases! Pretty cool huh?! Any other interior designers needing some inspiration?… c’mon over!!!



This is a text message from my friend Mary Foster…
“Hi Gary, hope you’re doing well! I was at a neighborhood gathering this afternoon and a woman told me she had just redone her bathroom. She designed it around a wall pocket vase she bought from you at ART IN THE GARDEN a couple of years ago. I thought you might enjoy seeing the pics!”

And Mary was right… I LOVED seeing the pics.
The bathroom is gorgeous… and I’m oddly “honored” that it all started with
just one of my little ol’ wall pocket vases!





Some pretty red anemone flowers with seeded eucalyptus in a small textured & soda-fired square vase. Loving the scroll pattern & the crazy-cool details in the flower’s center!




Looks like “somebody“… (me)… may have forgotten about this vase of flowers from two weeks ago!!! Totally dried… yet still beautiful in its own way!!!


Celebrating another Floral Friday with some blue hydrangea in a round spherical vase…
stamped & soda-fired with a blush of a teal blue glaze!






Celebrating another Floral Friday with some blue hydrangea in a round spherical vase… stamped & soda-fired with a blush of a teal blue glaze!





Also from yesterday’s Andersonville Farmer’s Market… some more beautiful dahlias looking for a nice handmade vase to call home! Like this double-handled, stamped & soda-fired oval vase. Handmade pottery makes the pretty flowers even prettier!
Textured “panel” made with a handroller from MKM Pottery Tools.












Lots of beautiful flowers! Looks like Taylor’s Mom is loving her new square soda-fired vase. Complete with flowers & leaves from her own garden!!! Thanks for sharing the photo Taylor… and say “Hi” to Mom!


Going a little tropical… with red anthurium & sago palm fronds in a stamped & soda-fire vase. I went with a square vase with a squiggly-scrolly pattern to complement the organic floral.







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Gary Jackson: Fire When Ready Pottery
Lillstreet Studios ∙ 4401 North Ravenswood, Chicago, Illinois 60640 ∙ 773-307-8664 gary@firewhenreadypottery.com |