Don Ellis Ceramics

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.

Don ellis ceramics.

A pot is an extension of the person creating it it becomes a piece of him. Don ellis don is currently a professor of ceramics at san juan college in farmington nm. Since arriving 13 years ago class sizes have grown from an average of 10 students to over 25. Fine arts fast fire pottery vase.

Raku raku simply put is the rapid firing at a tow temperature of a porous tow bisque fired piece of pottery. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. Don ellis owned cloudcroft pottery in cloudcroft new mexico. He has worked in ceramics creating pottery pieces and teaching pottery at colleges and in workshops around the usa and canada.

So we can always shine a little light. This time on the garage tapes don shows us how to throw a candle lantern. Vintage don ellis raku pottery vase. May 21 2016 explore deco to retro s board ellis pottery on pinterest.

The item being sold is a raku fast fired piece with brass or copper wire and original pine needle piece. Don ellis in the pottery studio in san juan college where he teaches over 100 students each semester. Donald johnson ellis july 25 1934 december 17 1978 was an american jazz trumpeter drummer composer and bandleader. He is a technician at firing and controlling every aspect of this approach.

Don ellis lives and works hi the beautiful mountains of southern new mexico.