EDUCATION
—MFA Ceramics, Indiana University
PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE
1976—Studio potter
—Resident Potter John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, North Carolina
BIOGRAPHY
Lee Davis has been a production potter since 1976. He is known for wheel thrown white stoneware functional pottery forms used as surfaces for multi-layered, drawing and surface painting decoration. Drawing techniques include slip trailing. Decorative motifs range from animal to flowers, leaves, and garlands rendered in blue and white. Davis also produced one of a kind lamps, mirrors and larger Ikebana containers.
He was the first resident potter at the John C. Campbell Folk School.
Public Collections
Southern Highland Craft Guild, Asheville, North Carolina
Bibliography
King, Peter. Architectural Ceramics for the Studio Potter: Designing, Building, Installing. Asheville, NC: Lark Books, 1999.
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Tags
Southern Highland Craft Guild, , white stoneware, slip trailing, John C. Campbell Folk School, Indiana University, North Carolina, Center for Craft
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