Handmade Ceramic Colorado 12” wide 6” tall pottery bowl signed tolpo Shawnee

Vincent Tolpo and Carolyn Lee Tolpo SHAWNEE, COLORADO, USA Landscape Pottery by Vincent Tolpo CLAY SLIP DESCRIPTION The clay slips that depict the landscape are usually hand-dug in road cuts or stream beds. The clay is sieved with a fine screen to remove rocks and organic material. Then it is tested and prepared for use as a slip to be painted on the clay body. If the slip is a desirable color, compatible with the clay body, and withstands durability testing, then it becomes a landscape pottery clay slip. Red-Orange==Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, Colorado Yellow-Orange==Muddy Pass, SE of Steamboat Springs, Colorado Red-Brown== Flying Raven Mine, Lake City, Colorado Smooth Light Sage==East of Santa Fe, New Mexico on I-25 Creamy Tan==North Rim Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Colorado Pinky Gray== eastern Utah Semi-Gloss Textured Gray Green Tan==Ojo Caliente, NM