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

And sometimes… bigger skyshows need bigger photos!!!

Categories: bike, sunrise

You gotta love a great morning sunrise skyshow… complete with ever changing clouds & colors!

Categories: art fair, fortune cookies

So… while we were packing up at the end of the GLENVIEW SUMMER ART FAIR… I might have had a “few” fortune cookies that “fell off the cart” & never made it into the car. Instead they may have found their way into some hidden spaces in the park “near” where my booth was.

Categories: art fair

Huge THANKS to everyone who came out to Glenview this weekend for the GLENVIEW SUMMER ART FAIR. We had some “weather challenges”… so it meant a lot that so many people braved the elements to support local artisans. Always good to see my “groupies” & to meet a lot of new pottery fans!!!

Categories: bike, sunrise

Some fun clouds this morning & a small sliver of a crescent moon.
Hazy & humid with a slight chilly breeze… a great way to start the week!!!

Categories: art fair, weather

Cloudy ALL day! But as soon as the art fair ends… SUNNY!!!
I’ll take it… so much better than packing up in the rain!!!

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: art fair, bowls, pottery, stamped

It’s Day Two of the GLENVIEW SUMMER ART FAIR!!! We had a little drizzly rain pass through earlier this morning. So now we’re hoping it’s just dry & cloudy for the rest of the show. C’mon out to Glenview to say hello… I’m in Booth 31 until 5:00pm!

Categories: art fair, Chicago, weather

Cloudy, windy & humid… a murky trifecta for a non-sunrise morning ride! The tailwind was great, but the ride back home was a little tougher. And for those that know our Chicago skyline… you might notice that there are some buildings “missing” due to the low-flying clouds!

And now back to the art fair… okay, with clouds, but hoping we miss the rain today!

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???