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

Handmade pottery always makes the flowers look happier!!!

Categories: flowers, soda-fired, stamped, vases

Handmade pottery always makes the flowers look better!!!

Categories: flowers, soda-fired, stamped, vases

Another beautiful bouquet of farm-fresh dahlias from Vangie’s Farm… at yesterday’s Farmer’s Market in Andersonville. Such amazing colors & textures. I do love growing some dahlias in my garden… but they never get quite as amazing as these ones!!! Good thing I have plenty of vases ready to go whenever some new flowers come home with me!!!

Categories: flowers, soda-fired, stamped, vases

Sometimes a blue vase just makes the blue hydrangeas even prettier! A stamped & soda-fired oval vase helps spread out the flowers so you can see more hydrangeas side-to-side!

Categories: flowers, vases

Another beautiful floral arrangement picked from her garden… in one of my textured & soda-fired square vases. So pretty… thanks for sharing with us Rhonda!

Categories: flowers, vases

Looks like Kristy has spending a little time in her garden…
picking some little flowers to fit in her little vase!!!
So sweet… so little! Thanks for sharing Kristy!

Categories: art fair, flowers, friends, vases

Just another stamped vase fulfilling its destiny! Showing off the flowers so nicely. Special thanks to my art fair friend Maria who surprised me with the beautiful pink hydrangeas & lavender hosta blooms fresh from her garden!

Categories: stamped, surface decoration, vases

After a full day at the GLENVIEW SUMMER ART FAIR… with part of it during a downpour thunderstorm… I still made it into the studio tonight. I knew that I had some vases that were drying out & still needed to be stamped. So… no rest for the weary. The next batch of vases has now been stamped… and tomorrow more art fair fun!!! Hopefully a drier day???

Categories: soda-fired, stamped, vases

Celebrating another TEXTURE TUESDAY with a new stamped vase… fresh out of the soda kiln!

Categories: production, stamped, vases

Little stamping session to start the day… little vases with little stamps!