Don Ellis Ceramics

He is a technician at firing and controlling every aspect of this approach.

Don ellis ceramics.

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. May 21 2016 explore deco to retro s board ellis pottery on pinterest. A pot is an extension of the person creating it it becomes a piece of him.

He has worked in ceramics creating pottery pieces and teaching pottery at colleges and in workshops around the usa and canada. Fine arts fast fire pottery vase. Vintage don ellis raku pottery vase. He is best known for his extensive musical experimentation particularly in the area of time signatures later in his life he worked as a film composer contributing a score to 1971 s the french connection and 1973 s the seven ups.

Raku raku simply put is the rapid firing at a tow temperature of a porous tow bisque fired piece of pottery. Don ellis in the pottery studio in san juan college where he teaches over 100 students each semester. 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.

See more ideas about ellis pottery pottery ellis. Don ellis don is currently a professor of ceramics at san juan college in farmington nm. So we can always shine a little light. Don ellis owned cloudcroft pottery in cloudcroft new mexico.

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.