by Bristlecone Pottery | Sep 30, 2021 | Bristlecone Pottery, Saggar-Fired
Description It has been a difficult summer, little rain, all-pervasive smoke, fire on every hand. The Green River has dwindled in some places to puddles among the Utah red rocks. The desert waits, in suspended animation, for the return of rain. Many people know 2...
by Bristlecone Pottery | Sep 30, 2021 | Bristlecone Pottery, Saggar-Fired
Description Grizzly Creek’s fire and floods in the summer of 2021 is a salutary lesson in counting the cost before one begins to build. The most expensive 12 miles of road in America were nearly destroyed when a lightning strike fire, followed by torrential rains,...
by Bristlecone Pottery | Jul 9, 2021 | Bristlecone Pottery, Saggar-Fired
FollowFollow Description I’ve always been fascinated with the art of Ikebana and how the asymmetry of the flower arrangement completes the symmetry of the vessel. I followed the recent eruption of Kilauea in Hawai’i closely and saw an image of a light house just past...
by Bristlecone Pottery | Jul 9, 2021 | Bristlecone Pottery, Saggar-Fired
FollowFollow Description We planted a dozen lilies in our garden 2 years ago. Did little to nothing last year. This year about 30 blooms sprang forth and we were overjoyed. One was white but had tinges of blue and green in the bloom and looked like the rock...
by Bristlecone Pottery | Oct 5, 2020 | Bristlecone Pottery, Saggar-Fired
Description Ojo Verde is kind of autobiographical. My eyes, normally grey-blue, turn green when I wear dark green. Firing my kiln has become a metaphor for life. No matter how carefully I plan the form and try to organize the color elements, somehow the firing...
by Bristlecone Pottery | Dec 12, 2019 | Bristlecone Pottery, Saggar-Fired
Description “The Salmon Galaxy” is named for a small galaxy of that same name, recently discovered. Dimensions 6″w x 11″h Price $180 Location Bristlecone...
