Calico Ghost Town — ceramic art tile

Calico Ghost Town

Keepsake · 2 in / Glossy / Loose
$22.00
Skip to product information
Calico Ghost Town — ceramic art tile
  • Calico Ghost Town — ceramic art tile
  • Calico Ghost Town — front
  • Calico Ghost Town — scale
  • Calico Ghost Town — gifting
  • Calico Ghost Town — grouping
  • Above the bench, in a warm oak surround.
  • Beside the kettle, propped on the counter.
  • Above the linens, in a slim black surround.
  • On the nightstand, on a light oak stand.
  • On a picture ledge, where the light comes in.
  • Calico Ghost Town — ceramic art tile
  • Calico Ghost Town — front
  • Calico Ghost Town — scale
  • Calico Ghost Town — gifting
  • Calico Ghost Town — grouping
  • Above the bench, in a warm oak surround.
  • Beside the kettle, propped on the counter.
  • Above the linens, in a slim black surround.
  • On the nightstand, on a light oak stand.
  • On a picture ledge, where the light comes in.
Calico Ghost Town

Calico Ghost Town

$22.00
Piece
Finish
Mount

Calico took its name from the streaked red, green, and ochre slopes above the wash, just off Interstate 15 in the Mojave Desert. The same many-coloured rock veined silver from 1881 until the price collapsed in 1896. Five hundred mines opened across the district at its peak; twelve hundred people lived on the slope below. Walter Knott of Knott's Berry Farm, who knew the town from his early working years, bought what was left in 1951 and slowly restored the buildings, then handed it to San Bernardino County. The painted hills are unchanged. The streets are quiet now in a way they never were then.

Slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, in our family studio in Knoxville, Tennessee.

You may also like