The Canyon Island Series are ceramic, usually set within glass.
They are made to represent an exotic place or a remote sanctuary, with crystal water, like Crater Lake/Wizard Island, or Skellig Michael, or slot canyons like Antelope and Zebra.
Canyon Islands are built one coil at a time, by hand, in the spirit of Ra Paulette's work.
CIs consist of some similar elements, here are the main parts.
~ island; the coil built-up clay/ceramic central part.
~ pond; the main body of water- the crackled glass is meant to resemble light refracting through clear pristine water
~ top pond(s); small pond(s) on top of a Canyon Island
~ die or dice; reflect (part of) my signature and the date finished (yy/mm/dd)
~ the clay is local to Star, NC (STARwhite6, STARred6 and STARbrown6)
Prices reflect the size/weight, time, complexity, and final aesthetics of the design, of each piece. They range from about the size of a dinner plate to as big as I can fit in my small kiln- about 18"diameter, 24" tall, 40ish lbs., and take 30+ hrs. to build.
It's rather hard to get images that show the true colors of the clay and the glass- different lighting changes the way they look...
...sometimes dramatically!
More images of completed CIs are here at this link.
...sometimes dramatically!
More images of completed CIs are here at this link.
