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 ...

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 ...

MacKenzie-Childs in Aurora also makes a line of garden totem poles with a hand-painted colorful ceramic ball on a metal post.

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.

MacKenzie-Childs in Aurora also makes a line of garden totem poles with a hand-painted colorful ceramic ball on a metal post.

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 create in a ceramics class.

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.