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

Three dozen wheelthrown & soda-fired ornaments will also be part of tomorrow’s CYBER MONDAY online event! I love making them… and tomorrow will be the very first time they’re available to purchase online!

But there will only 36 of them…
so grab ’em while you can tomorrow during CYBER MONDAY.
Full details to come…

Categories: art fair, mugs, pottery

Just a few of the mugs that will be available tomorrow
for my first CYBER MONDAY online event!

Yep, we’re going virtual tomorrow with a ton of pottery available for the taking… including 50 mugs… perfect for the holiday gift-giving!!! These are just a few to whet your whistle… and then come back tomorrow to start shopping. They’re all one-of-a-kind handmade mugs… and when they’re gone, they’re gone!

More details & CYBER MONDAY special offers to come!!!

And sorry… but don’t think you can “call dibs”, or “pre-claim” these mugs from this post! You’ve got to wait with everyone else until they’re all posted online tomorrow!!!

Categories: art fair, photography, pottery, soda-fired, textures

Still playing & photographing a LOT of pottery today… getting ready for tomorrow’s big CYBER MONDAY online pottery event!!! I’ll be posting over a hundred pieces online perfect for holiday gift giving… to friends, family or yourself!!! It’s been a tough year… we all deserve a few gifts, right?!

Watch for more details coming soon!!!

Categories: artists, creativity

A little “cement graffiti” as seen this morning along the lakefront carved into one of the cement boulders of the retaining walls.

Categories: photography, sunrise

Big sky. Big colors. Big photo… BIG FUN!

Categories: bike, sunrise

Another beautiful morning… this time with a few low-flying clouds for the sun to splash some color upon! Beautiful colors to kick-off another beautiful day!

Categories: flowers, vases

You know how I love seeing my pottery being used… fresh flowers, pretty vase, nice lighting. But in a true sign of the times, it looks like this stamped vase got totally upstaged!!! Figures.

Thank You 2020!!!

Categories: color, creativity, pottery

On a bright sunny day, it’s fun to find colorful rainbows bouncing around on my pottery! Still on display for my ongoing HOLIDAY HOME SHOW… with sun beautifully refracting with small prism snowflakes on the holiday garlands! ‘Tis the season for small surprises…

Categories: photography, pottery

Spending some time today shooting more pottery photos… getting ready for CYBER MONDAY with a huge update for online sales! To be followed by some extra “fun” on my Fire When Ready Pottery Facebook page to kick-off my “Twelve Days of Christmas”!!!

More details to come… start making your holiday shopping list now!

Categories: bike, sunrise

After days of gray & gloomy, it was SO nice to see the sunrise this morning! Not a cloud in the sky… just a chill in the air. Below freezing when I started… stay warm & toasty in bed?… or go out to see this natural beauty?

Once again, the sunrise won out… just put on more layers!