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

Okay, just one more. I promise. Darn rabbit hole!!! Another musical diversion. Gotta love me some Adele… and some another fun Carpool Karaoke!!! Now I need to get back to work… really!!! I swear… no more diversions… eyes on the prize!

Categories: collaborations, music, theater

And while I’m sliding down that proverbial slippery slope, here’s another fun musical diversion for the “HAMILTON” fans out there… okay, really for any of you missing live musical theater these days!!! Such a great flashback to better times… and be sure to wait for that final note!!!

Categories: creativity, holiday, inspiration, music, theater

Anyone looking for a little mid-afternoon musical holiday diversion?!
Any “HAMILTON” fans out there… if so, you’ll LOVE this one!!!
Brilliantly written. Perfectly performed.

Now I really want to see the entire show “Hamilton-ized.”
Maybe some of the “Island of Misfit Toys” can become the Schuyler Sisters??? Hermey as Thomas Jefferson… or even better, the Abominable Snowman as Aaron Burr?… or would that be Aaron BRRR…!!!

Categories: flowers, garden, pottery, soda-fired, stamped

While we’re focused on flower pots for Day Seven of my “TWELVE DAYS” pottery sales… I thought I’d share this little bit of craziness going on at my place!

I re-planted this little succulent back in May and it seems to be loving its new home. So much so that it’s sending up these wonderful stalks with tiny little flowers on top!

Again, apparently my plants are thriving during the pandemic shut-down – with no special care, just a south-facing window and plenty of neglect!!!

Categories: art fair, artists, friends, My Talented Friends

Here’s a great video tour of my friend & multi-talented friend Sarah Chapman in her metals studio in Minneapolis!

Click on this link for the Instagram video!

This past weekend should have been the big “One Of A Kind Show” here in Chicago, but with all of the craziness going on they’ve gone virtual too. Trying everything they can to help promote their artists. So take the tour of her beautiful space where she makes her beautiful work!

If you want to see more of her beautiful work, or to buy a special holiday gift, click here for her website!

Categories: art fair, soda-fired, stamped

Today is DAY SEVEN of my TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS POTTERY SALE featuring twelve soda-fired flower pots. Ideal for the gardeners & green thumbs on your holiday gift list. Each flower pot has drainage holes and a separate water drip plate for easy cleaning.

Just scroll through the “official” Photo Album on my Fire When Ready Pottery Facebook page and if you see a flower pot you want, be the first person to put a Comment of “MINE” in the Comments section of that one! I will then follow-up with a confirmation & a Facebook Message with further details. It’s that easy!!!

Click here for my Fire When Ready Pottery Facebook page!
or HERE for the link to today’s flower pot sale!!!

Start shopping… be the first to claim your flower pot… and then come back each day for a different pottery selection. Each of the twelve days will feature a different “category” with twelve new pieces up for sale first-come, first-serve here on my Facebook page… with a very SPECIAL event on Day Twelve!!!

At the end of each of the “12 days”… any unclaimed pottery will be added to My Online Pottery Store on my website… so you can still shop anytime, even if it’s on the “wrong day” of this pottery sale!!!

Categories: pottery, stamped, vases

Just starting off Day Six a little early! I’m afraid I will not be near my laptop much this weekend, so I’m posting this a day early… so Days Five & Six will BOTH be open today & tomorrow!

So this is what we’re now calling DAY SIX of my TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS POTTERY SALE featuring twelve oval pots. Ideal of so many uses… candy dish, flower vase, remote control holder, junk mail collector, key holder, or just something pretty to sit on your bookcase!

Just scroll through the “official” Photo Album on my Fire When Ready Pottery Facebook page and if you see an oval you want, be the first person to put a Comment of “MINE” in the Comments section of that one! I will then follow-up with a confirmation & a Facebook Message with further details. It’s that easy!!!

So start shopping… be the first to claim your oval… and then come back each day for a different pottery selection. Each of the twelve days will feature a different “category” with twelve new pieces up for sale first-come, first-serve only on my Fire When Ready Pottery Facebook page… with a very SPECIAL event on Day Twelve!!!

At the end of each of the “12 days”… any unclaimed pottery will be added to My Online Pottery Store on my website … so you can still shop anytime, even if it’s on the “wrong day” of this pottery sale!!!

Categories: art fair, pottery, soda-fired, stamped, vases

Kicking off DAY FIVE of my TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS POTTERY SALE featuring twelve stamped vases. The perfect gift for the holidays, birthdays, Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day… any day!!! All vases are dishwasher-safe so if you keep your flowers in the vase too long and it gets kinda gunky inside, just toss it in the dishwasher!

Just scroll through the “official” Photo Album on my Fire When Ready Pottery Facebook page and if you see a stamped vase you want, be the first person to put a Comment of “MINE” in the Comments section of that one! I will then follow-up with a confirmation & a Facebook Message with further details. It’s that easy!!!

So start shopping… be the first to claim your vase… and then come back each day for a different pottery selection. Each of the twelve days will feature a different “category” with twelve new pieces up for sale first-come, first-serve only on my Fire When Ready Pottery Facebook page… with a very SPECIAL event on Day Twelve!!! At the end of each of the “12 days”… any unclaimed pottery will be added to My Online Pottery Store on my website … so you can still shop anytime, even if it’s on the “wrong day” of this pottery sale!!!

Categories: art fair, pottery

Welcome to DAY FOUR of my TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS POTTERY SALE featuring twelve soap dispensers. Especially ideal these days when you’re washing your hands six-million times a day!!! Each pump has side finger divots to help hold onto it when your fingers get wet & slippery!

Just scroll through the “official” Photo Album on my Facebook page and if you see a soap dispenser you want, be the first person to put a Comment of “MINE” in the Comments section of that one! I will then follow-up with a confirmation & a Facebook Message with further details. It’s that easy!!! So start shopping… be the first to claim your soap dispenser… and then come back each day for a different pottery selection.

Click HERE to go to my Fire When Ready Pottery Facebook page!

Each of the twelve days will feature a different “category” with twelve new pieces up for sale first-come, first-serve only on my Facebook page... with a very SPECIAL event on Day Twelve!!!

At the end of each of the “12 days”… any unclaimed pottery will be added to My Online Pottery Store here on my website… so you can still shop anytime, even if it’s on the “wrong day” of this pottery sale!!!

Categories: murals

A cute little mural I found this morning along the lakefront. Looks like Minnie has been hanging around there for awhile now… and I’m loving how the paint looks so weathered & aged.