by Bristlecone Pottery | Apr 7, 2020 | Saggar-Fired, Sold
Description “Somewhere in Marble Canyon” reminds me of a location John Wesley Powell must have floated by during his heroic trip to chart the course of the Colorado River. Being something of an extemporaneous geologist, Powell knew there was really no marble in the...
by Bristlecone Pottery | Apr 7, 2020 | Saggar-Fired, Sold
Description “The Wave” is a rock formation in the Paria Canyon-Vermillion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona, near the Utah border. “The Wave” in my piece was created by draping a lock of horse tail hair along the rim of the form. The blue is copper mixed in the slip...
by Bristlecone Pottery | Mar 24, 2020 | Saggar-Fired, Sold
Description Snowbound has a blizzard created by sugar granules sprinkled on the wet ferric chloride used to develop the pink/red/purple color pallet, and tracings of copper wire to evoke the winds that bind us into our dwellings in a raging winter storm. Dimensions...
by Bristlecone Pottery | Mar 24, 2020 | Saggar-Fired, Sold
Description Smoke signals were a method of long-distance communication used from time immemorial by Native Americans. My smoke signals were created by positioning clumps of fine copper threads from an unraveled Chore Boy scrubber, placed around the neck of the piece....
by Bristlecone Pottery | Mar 24, 2020 | Saggar-Fired, Sold
Description Sea Foam + Lava, Shaken, Not Stirred I’m working on developing a broader color pallet – this one includes verde copper accents that brought to mind the sea foam on the coast of the Big Island in Hawaii, where Kilauea poured her lava into the sea. ...
by Bristlecone Pottery | Mar 24, 2020 | Saggar-Fired, The Quiller Gallery
Description The emergence of the butterfly from its chrysalis is a metaphor often used to portray the transition of a soul into the saving grace of Christ or even the Resurrection of Christ. Dimensions 6”w x 12”h Price $260 Location The Quiller...
