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

It’s always nice when the sun shines in… and your friends send you photos of their pottery being “spotlighted” in their kitchen! Timing is everything… thanks Allison!

Categories: pottery

More pottery. More boxes.
All headed off to their new homes! Including some BIG boxes with a lot of goodies inside! Remember, you can always shop for pottery & holiday gifts from the safety & comfort of your couch on my website… click HERE!

Categories: food, platters, pottery

Just a little late afternoon lunch. Got distracted while packing up pots… almost forgot I had a Connie’s Frozen Pizza to bake. Made me smile using actual plates for pizza… so fancy… usually it’s just me sittin’ in front of the the TV with the pizza on the box it came in!!!

Categories: pottery, process

Another afternoon with the shipping boxes piling up on the back porch. Looks like it’s time for another trip to the Post Office! Me & postal clerk Chaundra are getting to be like “best buds” these days! It’s like we have a little standing date every afternoon!

Don’t forget that you can always shop at MY ONLINE POTTERY SHOP on my website. Lots of pieces listed there ready for packing & shipping to you!

See… one of these packages could be YOURS one of these days!!!
Just click here!

Categories: art fair, bowls, pottery, stamped

Just a few of the stamped bowls currently available during my CYBER MONDAY Online Pottery Sale! Plenty of bowls, mugs, vases, spoon rests, ovals, ornaments & more for the holidays! Do some shopping today and you might get some CYBER MONDAY FREEBIES too!!!

Click here to see my online pottery selection to do some CYBER MONDAY shopping!!! – http://firewhenreadypottery.com/my-online-pottery-store/

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: 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: food, holiday, pottery, stamped

Looks like a yummy success to me! It smells amazing, the leaves look golden brown… and nothing sunk into the pie!!! Gotta let it cool a bit… pull out the Cool Whip… and find a fork!!! HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!! Giddy-up!

Yes, Cool Whip!!! Remember, I have the palate of a four-year old and I grew up with Cool Whip. So it has lots of good childhood memories attached. And it’s creamy-yummy on pumpkin pie… so I bought TWO!!!

Categories: food, holiday

So here’s my sweet baby ready to go into the oven! As I was adding decorations to the top… cuz’ MORE IS MORE… I started to wonder.

Maybe there’s a “reason” why pumpkin pies never have crust or decorations on top?! But I was already committed to it… but will the leaves start to sink in as it bakes??? Only one way to find out… let the baking begin!!!