Tana and West moved to Centennial, Wyoming in 2001, drawn by the amazing scenery and the one-of-a-kind character of the tiny mountain town. They began the crazy endeavor of building their own passive-solar house with walls of dirt-packed tires. The building itself is a sculpture project, an ongoing one.

In addition to making functional stoneware pottery, the potters also enjoy the low-fire raku firing method which offers instant gratification and unexpected results. Results are obtained quickly and experiments can be adjusted and re-tried. In raku firing, pieces are removed from the kiln while still glowing-hot and placed into a reduction chamber (theirs is a large metal garbage can filled with newspaper). The newspaper surrounding the pieces bursts into flame and is allowed to burn briefly, then smothered by placing the lid on the can. The resulting reduction atmosphere chemically alters the glazes, giving them metallic, iridescent or opalescent effects and, on some glazes, a fine crackle pattern. Glazes can vary wildly, even within the same firing and so the results are always exciting.

West Magoon grew up on the Magoon ranch, outside Lusk, Wyoming and studied art at Northwest Community College and the University of Wyoming. He has worked as a graphic artist and photographer for more than 30 years and has been a potter and sculptor since 2000. West's Raku Ray Guns come out of a life-long love of science fiction. The visual roots he draws on include sci-fi magazine covers from the 30’s, 40’s and 50's and the styling cues from 50's automobiles.

Tana Libolt grew up in Laramie and Jackson, Wyoming and in Roosevelt, Utah. Her first teacher was her father, Ron Libolt who started Muddy Mountain Pottery in Casper, Wy in 1970. Clay, tools and encouragement were always available in his various studios and Tana learned to throw on the potters wheel at age 12. After an apprenticeship to a glass-blower in New York and a brief fling with a career as a street musician in Dublin, Ireland, Tana returned to Laramie and the University of Wyoming to study art. She likes the idea of creating objects and ornaments that lend a feeling of delight and wonder to every-day life.