Colorado State Capitol dome Denver Metro Ceramic Art Tile

The Capitol stands on the rise above Civic Center Park, looking west to the Front Range. The dome was first gilded in 1908, with gold leaf donated by Colorado mine operators, and it has been regilded several times since. On the west steps, three different stones have been cut at three different decades to mark exactly one mile above sea level. The surveys keep catching up to themselves. From the right block on Colfax, late afternoon catches the dome and holds it.

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