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

Here’s my EXCITING NEWS!!!
In just a couple weeks I will be taking “my show on the road” and heading up to ALASKA to teach a two-day workshop! I’ve been invited up to Fairbanks, Alaska to share some of my pottery techniques, designs & processes with the Fairbanks Potter’s Guild. It will be an interactive & immersive workshop where participants get to make work & try out my techniques for themselves during the workshop! There are still a few openings available! If you’re interested in joining me in ALASKA… send a quick email to Theresa to get more details before it fills up! It’s going to be so much fun…

They “had me at ALASKA!!!”

Categories: wheelthrowing, workshop

Can you tell that I appreciate a good “teaser” campaign??? At 6:00pm CST tonight I’ll reveal the details… and “I’ll ask-a” question or two? I’m very excited about finally sharing my BIG NEWS… and I hope you will be too!!!

Categories: wheelthrowing, workshop

All hands on deck… for an upcoming pottery adventure! Interactive so everyone will be able to play along with me! Details to come at 6:00pm tonight!!!

Categories: wheelthrowing, workshop

Birds of a feather flock together… and YOU might want to join in on the fun of my upcoming pottery adventure?! Details coming at 6:00pm CST on my Facebook page!

Categories: flowers

After a string of dry heatwave days, I’m sure the hydrangeas
were much happier after yesterday’s sudden thunderstorm!

Categories: bike, sunrise

It was a very dark start for my morning ride. With a LOT of clouds covering the horizon… I was excited to se this little sliver of sunrise beauty when I made it over to the lakefront. I was kind of expecting “just clouds”… so this splash of color was a great moment with stunning reflections shimmering on the lake. And then the clouds moved in even more… welcome to my gray morning!

Categories: bike, sunrise

And then just when I thought is going to be “just gray” clouds for the rest of the morning, the sun finally made an appearance breaking through the cloud-cover. Just in time for some more shimmering reflections!

Categories: wheelthrowing, workshop

There’s been something brewing… plans coming together… and it’s almost time for the Big Reveal!!! Tonight at 6:00pm I’ll share my big news on my Facebook page! Exciting for me… could be fun for you too?!

Categories: bowls, classes, wheelthrowing

After a full day of Summer Camp… I also taught again tonight subbing for a Beginning Wheel class. Without a plan, we went with a “demo-on-demand” for some not-so-basic bowls demo… and lidded jars… and making stamps. It was a full night of demos!!!

Sorry about the blurry photo… smudge on the lens!

Categories: summer camp

Lots of goopey-gloppy fun today at summer camp. Especially when I had some “early” arriving campers re-blend our slip container bucket. Sure, I coulda given them a stirring stick to mix it up… but aren’t hands a lot more fun?! I think all the giggles proved my point.