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

Another Monday. Another Mugshot!!!
It’s another Mugshot Monday with this stamped & soda-fired mug with some fun & colorful flashing effects!

And just in case you’re wondering, this very mug was still for sale in the MADE AT LILLSTREET Gallery Collection… as of this posting today. It’s on my page – Mug #6. Purchase it and Lillstreet will gladly ship it to you!

Click here to see my MADE AT LILLSTREET Gallery Collection!

Categories: bike, sunrise

The Chicago Curfew was lifted yesterday afternoon!!! So I can finally get back on the road with my bike early enough to catch the morning sunrise again! That lockdown from 9:00pm-6:00am was killing me as the sunrise is currently like 5:15am… and it’s the half hour prior that is the prettiest part!

And now I just need Mayor Lightfoot to re-open the Chicago Lakefront Trail and I’ll be REALLY HAPPY!!!

Categories: art fair, bowls, mugs, platters, pottery, sgraffito

Just one hour left… I’m starting to assemble the “official” POP-UP POTTERY SALE Photo Album that I’ll post only on my Fire When Ready Pottery Facebook page at 7:00pm CST.

Once it’s LIVE… the first person to comment with “MINE” in the Comment Section of a single photo gets that pot! It’s first come, first serve… and a bit old-school. But it seems to work for me… as everyone can see what’s been claimed already, and what is still available.

You’ve seen a lot of previews today…
we’ve got just about an hour until the shopping begins! WHOO-HOO!!!

Click HERE to go right to my Facebook page!!!

Categories: bowls, sgraffito

Just imagine how yummy a couple scoops of ice cream would look in this bright green sgraffito bowl… with maybe just a “smidge” of hot fudge! Just one of the sgraffito bowls that will be part of my POP-UP POTTERY SALE only on my Fire When Ready Pottery Facebook page!… starting in just two hours.

And who are we kidding… change that to GOBS OF HOT FUDGE!!!

Categories: art fair, mugs

Feeling blue on a beautiful Sunday afternoon?!
Maybe a new blue handmade mug would cheer you up?
My POP-UP POTTERY SALE starts in just three hours only on my Fire When Ready Pottery Facebook page!

Categories: platters, porcelain, sgraffito, tools

Just one of the sgraffito platters that will be part of this evening’s POP-UP POTTERY SALE only on my Fire When Ready Pottery Facebook page… just four hours away! They’re each hand-carved & one-of-a-kind… so when they’re gone, they’re gone! Starting tonight at 7:00pm CST.

Special thanks to DiamondCore Tools​ for kick-starting my sgraffito adventures… a few great carving tools and look what happened!!!

Categories: platters, porcelain, sgraffito, tools

You know how I LOVE a good spiral…
even more when it’s surrounded by a fun sgraffito carved pattern!…
thanks in part to the best carving tools from DiamondCore Tools​!

This is just one of the porcelain platters that will be included in my POP-UP POTTERY SALE only on my Fire When Ready Pottery Facebook page! The fun starts in just five hours… 7:00pm CST. Click on this LINK then to see the “official” Photo Album to shop from!

Categories: art fair, mugs

Bright colors for Spring! We’ve all been quarantined in gloom & doom… and it’s time to burst out with a pop of color! My POP-UP POTTERY SALE starts in six hours only on my Fire When Ready Pottery Facebook page! This time around it’s mugs, berry bowls and sgraffito bowls & platters! All in fun bright colors!!!

Click here to go to my Facebook pageand then hit Follow!

Categories: art fair, platters, pottery, sgraffito

Just seven hours away… the kick-off of my POP-UP POTTERY SALE only on my Fire When Ready Pottery Facebook page!!! Come back at 7:00pm CST to see the official Photo Album when I post it. The first person to claim a piece on the photo in that album gets it! Easy-peezy…

Categories: cirque du soleil

Continuing with our weekly installment from Cirque du Soleil… this time they’ve pulled together contortionists & hand-balancers! As always, the performances, the costumes, the music, the lighting… I LOVE IT ALL!!! And this time, I’ve seen all of them live… except for the “phosphorescent” one in the middle! Not quite sure which show that was from?!

And I especially love the ones from KURIOS… the quickness & whimsy as they move & twist while stacking themselves on that steampunky hand!!!

Click here to watch the video on Facebook!