Kathryn Boylston stands among the ceramic garden totems she handcrafts and sells at Sundance by Design, a garden-art shop in Evergreen, Colo. Boylston recommends incorporating vertical sculptural ...

Here, it's all about making a statement, which is exactly what local potter Peggy Bishop (www.peggybishoppottery.com) does with her ceramic garden totem poles. Bishop first took an interest ...

To make a garden tower, Boylston recommends thinking tall — at least 3 feet high. She makes and sells totems out of colorful ceramic pieces that she learned to make in a ceramics class.