Fine arts fast fire pottery vase.
Don ellis ceramics.
Vintage don ellis raku pottery vase.
Don ellis in the pottery studio in san juan college where he teaches over 100 students each semester.
A pot is an extension of the person creating it it becomes a piece of him.
Don ellis from farmington new mexico has for over 30 years been striving to perfect his innovative approach as a functional potter and glazing expert.
He is a technician at firing and controlling every aspect of this approach.
So we can always shine a little light.
Don ellis owned cloudcroft pottery in cloudcroft new mexico.
Don ellis don is currently a professor of ceramics at san juan college in farmington nm.
Raku raku simply put is the rapid firing at a tow temperature of a porous tow bisque fired piece of pottery.
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Since arriving 13 years ago class sizes have grown from an average of 10 students to over 25.
The item being sold is a raku fast fired piece with brass or copper wire and original pine needle piece.
Don ellis lives and works hi the beautiful mountains of southern new mexico.
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He has worked in ceramics creating pottery pieces and teaching pottery at colleges and in workshops around the usa and canada.
Don attended mcmurry university and the university of north texas and graduated with degrees in education and ceramics.
This time on the garage tapes don shows us how to throw a candle lantern.