Tomorrow is the big kick-off of the NORTHERN ILLINOIS POTTERY TOUR! Check-out the website for information, artist links & to register for FREE POTTERY DEMOS!!!

We have twenty-one potters on The Tour, many of which will be doing free demos. I will be in my studio tomorrow night doing a demo on how I uses handmade stamps to add texture to my pottery. If you would like to join me in my studio, you just need to register online to get the ZOOM link for all of the demos… plus, you’ll also be registered in a drawing for some free pottery by our Tour Hosts!!!

GARY JACKSON : STAMPED POTTERY DEMO
FRIDAY, JUNE 18th, 2021 @ 8:00pm CSTMore info at www.northernilpotterytour.com

Some more stamped surface decoration for this weekend’s NORTHERN ILLINOIS POTTERY TOUR!

Wanna see how I do it…
Well, tomorrow night I will be doing a ZOOM demo live from my studio at 8:00pm! You just need to register for free on the Pottery Tour website to get the ZOOM link. And if you do, you’ll have access to all of the free artist demos… and have a chance to win a free piece by one of the tour host artists!

Check out the list of free demos on the website… www.northernilpotterytour.com

And just when I was about to give up on these seeds
that I planted a few weeks ago…

We’ve all waited a LONG time for this to happen… years… even a pandemic… but finally it’s done… my brand new ETSY SHOP is finally here! With over a hundred pieces listed for online shopping as part of the kick-of of the NORTHERN ILLINOIS POTTERY TOUR!

Click on over to start the fun – www.etsy.com/shop/firewhenreadypottery

With the big launch of the NORTHERN ILLINOIS POTTERY TOUR just two days away… I thought it might be nice to share the spotlight with a few of “My Talented Friends.” The tour will feature twenty-one talented potters each with a different approach & aesthetic. The tour is “virtual” this year with each artist selling their work online. In addition, there will be live demos & presentations on ZOOM… as well as some great giveaways! For more information… www.northernilpotterytour.com

And just in case you’ve missed it somehow, I will be launching my new ETSY SHOP this Friday morning at 8:00am… www.etsy.com/shop/FireWhenReadyPottery . There’s nothing posted there yet, but you can probably tag, follow or bookmark so you’re ready for the big kick-off Friday morning!!!

Some fun stamping & colorful green glazes that pool & puddle in all the right places. Sometimes you just need a pop of color to brighten your day! Well THAT day might just be this Friday at 8:00am… when each of these pieces show up in my new ETSY SHOP as part of the NORTHERN ILLINOIS POTTERY TOUR.

Feeling a little “blue”?… or needing a little “yellow” pick-me up?! Well, these bowls will be available this weekend on my new ETSY SHOP… starting Friday morning at 8:00am! Just a little hint of things to come… get ready for the big NORTHERN ILLINOIS POTTERY TOUR this weekend… www.northernilpotterytour.com

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.

And so it’s now clematis season… and yet I still have no good place to grow my own. So instead I need to covet this beauty that lives across the street from me! Easy to do when it’s this STUNNING!

It’s catalpa season in Chicago! Beautiful orchid-like flowers covering the catalpa trees with the unusually large leaves.

Beautiful now, but they’re short-lived blossoms. Soon enough the flowers will be gracefully tumbling down like snow… covering the ground, making a mess & eventually decomposing into a mushy brown mess. So enjoy them now while you can!!!