Ceramics
At Red Canyon Art you’ll find ceramic that may be functional or for display. Either way, pottery can bring an eye-catching accent to your home or office. Many of our ceramic artists are local to Colorado. They work in raku, saggar, Majolica, slab clay and other traditional and modern techniques.
Aprylisa
Aprylisa makes her home and her art near Boulder, CO. Her style often uses tree and goddess imagery can be described as illustrative creations for good use, inspiration and joy.
Bill Maypole
Bill’s fishing lure mugs have been a favorite gift to give for many years.
Don Cox
“Each handmade pottery piece is individually thrown on a treadle wheel with stoneware or porcelain clay. I then alter each piece by applying a thick clay slip to add texture, impart movement, define edges, and change form. Additional clay slips and glazes are then applied for color and decoration by dipping, brushing and spraying. My brushwork is inspired by classical sumi’e painting and takes the form of fish, birds, and bamboo. The work is then single fired to cone 10 in a soda atmospheric kiln, a variation of traditional salt firing."
Flingin Pots
Pottery created from Colorado leaves.
Raffaelle Malferrari
The Malferrari family makes everyday earthenware mugs, plates, platters, bowls and more with a charming Italian flavor using a tradition-based Majolica process..
Majolica is a process requiring multiple firings and great skill with the paintbrush. Their exquisitely detailed mugs depicting local animals, birds and insects, and tradition-inspired abstract designs will be treasured.
Ruthann Maze
Ruthann Mazé combines the East Asian technique Black Ink Painting with clay art. Elegant brushwork forms the foundation of her creations, then layer upon layer of patterned papers, carved wood rolling stampings, colors and textured paint are applied by hand to create a visual balance.
Terry Crook
My work focuses on several alternative firing techniques including saggar firing, raku, horsehair, and pit firing. The serendipitous nature of these firings models the art we find in our natural world and dramatically demonstrates that pottery is a fire art.
I am currently working primarily on saggar firing. A saggar is a clay container that I make in which to fire a piece of pottery. Before the firing I place the pot in the container with many materials such as copper wire, wood shavings, copper carbonate, salt, steel wool and seaweed. I fire this container with the pot and the organic and non- organic material in it. The piece that results is a lovely blend of deliberateness and spontaneity with a hint of a landscape.