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

Just another quick preview of tomorrow’s online Facebook sale here on my pottery page at 10:00am cst. There will be over two dozen Shamrock Mugs being posted tomorrow… and they’ll be snatched-up first-come, first-served!!! Get ready… set a timer if you need to!!!

Categories: food, holiday, platters

You know how I love a good holiday… well, today was NATIONAL OREO COOKIE DAY!!! What better way to celebrate a Thursday???… well, that and playing with my Lillstreet Throwdown students in class… followed by a late night watching THE TRAITORS finale!!! So sad it’s over… but always better with OREO’s!!!

Categories: mugs, process

A snowy afternoon… perfect for photographing, measuring & pricing lots of “shamrock” pottery for tomorrow’s online sale ONLY on my Facebook page at 10:00am CST Saturday!

Categories: bowls, mugs

Green with envy?! Looks like it’s about time for a quick Shamrock Sale only on my Facebook page… in time for St. Patrick’s Day pottery fun! I’ve got a bunch of new Shamrock Mugs & a few new Shamrock Bowls to send out into the world. I’m planning on a “Shamrock Saturday” morning sale… 10:00am CST for an old-school, first-come, first-served sale!!! More details to come…

Categories: mosaic

It was a colorful mosaic morning today. Another fun brickolage installation on the side of a local Chicago school… celebrating the Arts!!! As they should…

Categories: mugs

Look what just came out of the kiln… handfuls of shamrockin’ fun!!!

Categories: color, process

Remains of the day… hard to believe this “shadow” is still here a year later?! Time to do it again!!!

Categories: bowls, challenge

This past week, my THROWDOWN students brought their sets of nesting bowls back to class. The challenge was to see how well they nest… the sizing, the spacing, the design & overall craftsmanship. It’s one thing to see them side-by-side… but even cooler to see them trimmed & refined and STACKED!!! They all nestled so well. They did and AMAZING JOB!!! So many fine sets of nesting bowls… and remember, this was the first set of nesting bowls for all of them!!! Well done team… you guys are killin’ it this session!!!

Categories: bowls, challenge

A week & a half ago, in my LILLSTREET THROWDOWN class, I challenged my students to make a set of three nesting bowls in ninety minutes. None of them had EVER made a set of nesting bowls before… so it was the perfect challenge!!! And then towards the end of class there was a “twist”… and they got an additional twenty minutes to add a fourth nesting bowl. And it had to be the new smallest one!!! They all did AMAZING… and it was so impressive to see how many incredible bowls they all made in just one night! They even impressed themselves!!!

Categories: art fair, artists

A special THANK YOU to everyone who came out to see us this weekend at our “4×4” gallery show in Evanston this weekend. It was exciting to show-off some new work made just for this show! Like some larger wall pieces & collaborations. Thanks again to all who made it out. We really appreciate your support & enthusiasm!