Enchanted Circle Pottery - Taos, New Mexico - Ceramic Art with a Japanese Flair

Enchanted Circle Pottery is owned and operated by two New Mexico artists, Kevin and JoAnne DeKeuster. Their award-winning ceramics can be seen in their studio/gallery, roughly fourteen miles outside Taos en route to Angel Fire in the region known as Enchanted Circle.

The DeKeusters both work in clay and fire their pieces only with wood. This is an ancient Japanese process of making pottery. It gives their artwork unique iridescent colors, as wood ash in the kiln lands on the ceramic pieces and melts into the glaze finish at temperatures reaching 2,400 degrees.

The couple was first introduced to wood-fired pottery at Northern Arizona University, while working on their masters degrees. They later studied the art in Japan. JoAnne sculpts her pieces with a focus on form, design and composition. Kevin calls many of his pieces "functional and utilitarian,'' but he prefers producing creative sculptural art. He uses a potter's wheel for much of his work and believes that the use of a wood-fired kiln enhances the marks he leaves on his clay.

Enchanted Circle Pottery is located at 26871 East U.S. Highway 64, Taos, New Mexico 87571. Visitors are invited to observe the artists at work, throwing pottery on the wheel, creating sculptures by hand, and operating the kiln. The studio downstairs and gallery upstairs are open daily from 8am to 6pm.