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

So great to have a little visitor to my porch as the snow was coming down today! I usually get pigeons, doves & sparrows… but today I saw this little Downy Woodpecker having a bite of lunch at the suet feeder on my front porch!

Categories: classes, craftsmanship

In my Monday night Intermediate Wheelthrowing class we discussed wall vases (as requested… thank you Darcy)… and then I took it one step further using a similar technique to make ceramic corbel wall sconces… “shelves” just didn’t sound right?! Anyway, I did my demos in class, but then needed to do a little more follow-up in my studio last night! As a work-in-progress… I think they’re coming along pretty nicely!

Categories: bowls, food

Looks like Kristy has made a beautiful vermicelli dinner… and put it in a beautiful handmade bowl!!! Food always tastes better in handmade pottery!!!

Categories: food

So we may have had a little “yellow towel situation” again last night!
Allegedly.

Categories: platters, stamped, textures

Celebrating another TEXTURE TUESDAY… before I head off to class to teach my Beginners how to throw plates & platters on the wheel. They might not get quite this far tonight… but there’s always next session to show them even more!!!

Categories: classes, production, stamped

One of the requests from my Intermediate Wheelthrowing class was to tackle some soup or chili bowls. I’ve never made them quite honestly… but always up for a challenge! So I’m starting with a matched set of six! We’ll call it a test run…

Categories: ETSY Shop, mugs

My ETSY SHOP UPDATE has just gone LIVE!!!
Thirty handmade mugs just in time to celebrate Mugshot Monday!!!
Check it out… before they’re all gone!

www.etsy.com/shop/firewhenreadypottery

Categories: art fair, ETSY Shop, mugs, soda-fired, stamped

My ETSY Shop Update goes LIVE in just one hour!!!
I have thirty new stamped mugs ready to go… so set a timer for 6:00pm CST to check-in on ETSY and grab one before they’re gone!

https://www.etsy.com/shop/FireWhenReadyPottery

Categories: creativity, food, inspiration

Apparently, on “Words With Friends”… they don’t consider OREO to be a valid word?! What?… I know I actually use that word in conversation like four, five, ten times a day!!!

Categories: art fair, ETSY Shop, mugs, pottery, soda-fired, stamped

We’re celebrating another MUGSHOT MONDAY with a lot of mugs!!!…
also known as an ETSY Shop Update!


My ETSY site will be updated at 6:00pm CST tonight!
There will be only thirty mugs in the shop… so grab ’em quick!!!
Scroll through for a little preview before my ETSY site goes live in just five hours!!!

https://www.etsy.com/shop/FireWhenReadyPottery