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

We’re just twelve hours away!!! My annual Shamrock Mugs & Bowls Sale begins only on my Facebook page at 10:00am cst Saturday morning. I will post an “official” album of photos on Facebook to show all of the pieces available… and then it will be a mad-dash to snag as many as you can!!! At least I hope people are excited about Spring, shamrocks, St. Patrick’s Day… or anything GREEN for that matter!!! Set your timer… tomorrow morning at 10:00am.

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Categories: bowls

New this year… Shamrock Bowls for St. Patrick’s Day!!!
The perfect companion for a Shamrock Mug! What could be more festive?!!! There will be a small handful of these bowls in tomorrow’s online sale ONLY on my Facebook page tomorrow morning at 10:00am CST. Limited quantities… the photos make it look like a lot… but trust me, there are only SEVEN!!! Good luck!

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Categories: challenge, classes, handbuilding

Last week in our LILLSTREET THROWDOWN class, I challenged my students to build lidded boxes. While many of them have rather limited handbuilding skills… they still tackled the challenge head-on! They worked on their boxes during class last week… with slabs that were wetter than ideal. At the end of class, they found out that they had a deadline “extension”… as well as a twist!!!

Their lidded boxes were to be finished & refined during the week as “homework”… and they also had to add partitions inside to create at least three compartments!!! So much fun to see their assembled boxes last night at the start of our THROWDOWN class! Very creative & well done!!!

Categories: mugs

Just another quick preview of tomorrow’s online Facebook sale here on my pottery page at 10:00am cst. There will be over two dozen Shamrock Mugs being posted tomorrow… and they’ll be snatched-up first-come, first-served!!! Get ready… set a timer if you need to!!!

Categories: food, holiday, platters

You know how I love a good holiday… well, today was NATIONAL OREO COOKIE DAY!!! What better way to celebrate a Thursday???… well, that and playing with my Lillstreet Throwdown students in class… followed by a late night watching THE TRAITORS finale!!! So sad it’s over… but always better with OREO’s!!!

Categories: mugs, process

A snowy afternoon… perfect for photographing, measuring & pricing lots of “shamrock” pottery for tomorrow’s online sale ONLY on my Facebook page at 10:00am CST Saturday!

Categories: bowls, mugs

Green with envy?! Looks like it’s about time for a quick Shamrock Sale only on my Facebook page… in time for St. Patrick’s Day pottery fun! I’ve got a bunch of new Shamrock Mugs & a few new Shamrock Bowls to send out into the world. I’m planning on a “Shamrock Saturday” morning sale… 10:00am CST for an old-school, first-come, first-served sale!!! More details to come…

Categories: mosaic

It was a colorful mosaic morning today. Another fun brickolage installation on the side of a local Chicago school… celebrating the Arts!!! As they should…

Categories: mugs

Look what just came out of the kiln… handfuls of shamrockin’ fun!!!

Categories: color, process

Remains of the day… hard to believe this “shadow” is still here a year later?! Time to do it again!!!