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

Just got home on my bike… and noticed my first dahlia of the summer!!!
Small, but mighty… and hopefully the first of many this summer!
Fingers crossed…

Categories: bike, nature

After a full day of Summer Camp, I was seduced by blue skies… and just had to make a quick escape onto my bike along the lakefront. Beautiful shades of blue as I pedaled along the lake. And now… a quick shower & then back to my studio for the night!!

Categories: animals, nature

Looks like someone was out having a little breakfast nosh along the bike trail this morning by Montrose. Imagine my surprise when I turned the corner on my bike and saw her standing right there… not too alarmed, but maybe just a little annoyed that I interrupted her breakfast?!

Categories: bike, sunrise

Not a cloud in the skies… except for a small cluster of wispy pinks a bit to the south of the sunrise?! A fairly quiet & seemingly uneventful sunrise… quiet, serene & very relaxed. That is until I met a “friend” along the path…

Categories: hybrid mugs, mugs, soda-fired

Celebrating another Mugshot Monday with a bunch of my “hybrid mugs” fresh out of my soda kiln. Still loving the colors & flashing effects… and the texture patterns made with great handrollers from MKM Pottery Tools!

Categories: hybrid mugs, mugs, soda-fired

Fresh out of the soda kiln… more “hybrid mugs” for upcoming art fairs!!!

Categories: art fair

Just two weeks away… my next summer art fair! Mark your calendar for the GLENVIEW SUMMER ART FAIR on July 18th & 19th. We’ll be at a different location this year… due to construction at the usual location. Just a couple minutes away at Attea School with plenty of pottery for all !!!

Categories: summer camp

Another week of wheelthrowing camp… bring on my campers!!!

Categories: Chicago, sunrise

Methinks that someone got this morning’s weather forecast wrong?!

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Categories: bike, sunrise

I must admit that I had high hopes for a beautiful sunrise this morning. Lots of clouds for the sun to splash colors against. However, I fear that the sun was just on the wrong side of the clouds. And we barely got to see the sun at all… which caused a lot of sunrise drama, but not a colorful skyshow!