Don Ellis Ceramics

Don ellis don is currently a professor of ceramics at san juan college in farmington nm.

Don ellis ceramics.

He is a technician at firing and controlling every aspect of this approach. He has worked in ceramics creating pottery pieces and teaching pottery at colleges and in workshops around the usa and canada. Don ellis lives and works hi the beautiful mountains of southern new mexico. This time on the garage tapes don shows us how to throw a candle lantern.

Don attended mcmurry university and the university of north texas and graduated with degrees in education and ceramics. May 21 2016 explore deco to retro s board ellis pottery on pinterest. Vintage don ellis raku pottery vase. A pot is an extension of the person creating it it becomes a piece of him.

Don ellis owned cloudcroft pottery in cloudcroft new mexico. Fine arts fast fire pottery vase. 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. See more ideas about ellis pottery pottery ellis.

Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. Raku raku simply put is the rapid firing at a tow temperature of a porous tow bisque fired piece of pottery. The item being sold is a raku fast fired piece with brass or copper wire and original pine needle piece. Since arriving 13 years ago class sizes have grown from an average of 10 students to over 25.

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.