Celebrating another “Floral Friday” with a collection of bright blooms living their best life in one of my stamped & soda-fired vases. A fun addition to a shelf of rusty gears on my back porch!

Handles attached… a lot of scoring, slipping & attaching. Mugs are made.
Now they just need a little touch-up here & there before I let them start drying.

Pulled my handles the old-fashioned way. I’ve pulled them & flipped them over to create loops that stand up… so they can stiffen up a bit with the curved shape already there. I might be one of the few people who actually enjoy making & attaching handles. I LOVE making mugs!!!

Little clay nuggets… getting ready to pull some handles. Loving the shadows… and looking a bit like Stoneh… err, I mean “Clayhenge”!!!

Celebrating a little “Totem Tuesday” with some shots of my stamped totem pole in front of my condo. It’s been standing in my front garden for several years. But I love how a little “volunteer” plan has found its way into my totem. Not intended to house random plants… but I’m kind of intrigued how this little guy decided this would be a great place to put down roots!!!

More characters from THE GHOULS COLLECTION!!! This festive grouping comes from my friend Beckie who has her collection on a table all its own! Funny though… if memory serves me correctly, I think Beckie & her husband have TWO Werewolves… and yet somehow, no Werewolf showing up here in the photo??? I’m intrigued…

Remember, if you have some of my “Ghouls” in your Halloween display… please send me a photo or two!!! Email photos: gary@firewhenreadypottery.com . Thanks!!!

Just finished a bit of stamping on the latest batch of mugs. Hoping to get these all done in the next couple days… so there’s time to dry, bisque fire, glaze & fire again before my Holiday Home Show!!!

Celebrating today’s holiday with this wonderful “conjoined” double pumpkin…
for twice the pumpkin fun!!

With Halloween just a few days away, it’s time for my GHOULS COLLECTION to start making their appearances! I’ve been making a different limited-edition “Ghoul” every year for sixteen years now. A lot of people have been collecting them for a long time… although I’m not sure how many “complete sets” there are out there… besides mine! This is my friend Chris’ collection… close, but not complete!

Does anyone know which characters she’s missing???

And if you have some of my “Ghouls” in your Halloween display… please send me a photo or two!!! I’d love to see my “Ghouls” out in the wild. You can email photos to me: gary@firewhenreadypottery.com . Thanks!!!

Had to swing by the studio for a little Sunday stamping!!! When your pots are drying, you need to catch them at just the right point to get some good stamped impressions. A little on the wetter-side of leatherhard. And this class-demo platter was ready… so I did a little stamping… all done with just one of my own handmade clay stamps!