Gary Jackson: Fire When Ready Pottery
A Chicago potter’s somewhat slanted view of clay & play
Categories: flowers, porcelain, stamped, vases

Looks like another FLORAL FRIDAY!
Beautiful homegrown zinnias in one of my “quite white” stamped porcelain vases. Kinda loving how the crisp “whiteness” really makes the colors of the flowers pop!!! Thanks for sharing the flowers from your garden Mary! They look great… and I think I may need to make more of these all-white pots?!!!

Categories: flowers, friends, garden, soda-fired, stamped, vases

Colorful coleus in a stamped & soda-fired vase. Love the splash of color contrasting with the stamped & soda-fired texture of the vase. Thanks for sharing your beauties Rosene!

Categories: flowers, pottery, soda-fired, stamped, vases

Enjoying a quiet moment on my back porch while doing laundry this morning. A quiet little spot to sit & enjoy the plants… and flowers still going strong after last weekend’s art fair! Loving the oval vase that helps spread the flowers out for a “wider” display of floral beauty. The stamping & soda-fired effects aren’t too shabby either… as the B-Clay gets such a nice shiny & smooth surface with great flashing colors.

Categories: flowers, vases

A simple single white rose…
nestled on top of a stamped & soda-fired ikebana vase.

Categories: flowers, soda-fired, stamped, vases

Such a sweet little stamped vase with some beautiful roses.
Thanks Rhonda for sharing your flowers in one of my soda-fired vases!

Categories: flowers, stamped, vases

Looks like someone has the perfect flowers to coordinate with her new stamped & glazed vase. A beautiful combination… thanks for sharing Cathy!

Categories: flowers, soda-fired, stamped, textures, vases

Celebrating a little TEXTURE TUESDAY with one of my stamped, soda-fired & handbuilt square vases. I love how the dried allium blossoms work so well with the wavy pattern of the vase. Thanks so much for sharing your vase & flowers with all of us Rhonda!

Categories: textures, tools, vases

So I finally got around to trimming these new textured vases. They’ve been under plastic for quite awhile… as I did this demo with my SURFACE DECORATION class a couple weeks ago! We used some of my textured rollers from MKM Pottery Tools to press the pattern into a straight-sided cylinder… and then expanded them while throwing on the wheel. I’m intrigued by where this little texture journey might go… more to come!

Categories: flowers, soda-fired, stamped, vases

A few beautiful flowers arranged in a stamped & soda-fired ikebana vase can make a striking floral statement. No need for tons of flowers… this simple arrangement is BEAUTIFUL! Thanks for sharing your floral fun Karen!

Categories: art fair, pottery, soda-fired, stamped, vases

A little more “eye candy” for those who love a bit of texture… like me!
A few more “teasers” of a couple of the vases that will be part of my “brand new” ETSY SHOP launch Friday 6/18 at 8:00am as part of the NORTHERN ILLINOIS POTTERY.