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Lee Davis

Biography to Display: 

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

Public Collections to Display: 

Southern Highland Craft Guild, Asheville, North Carolina

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bibliography to Display: 

King, Peter. Architectural Ceramics for the Studio Potter: Designing, Building, Installing. Asheville, NC: Lark Books, 1999.

 

 

 

Center for CraftSouthern Highland Craft Guild

 

 

Center for CraftCenter For Craft

 

Typical Marks
1976-1996
Plate
Date: 1976-1996
Materials: Stoneware
Method: Thrown
Surface Technique: Glaze
Southern Highland Craft Guild Collection
Photo: Southern Highland Craft Guild
Southern Highland Craft Guild Collection
Photo: Southern Highland Craft Guild

Citation: "The Marks Project." Last modified June 15, 2023. http://www.themarksproject.org/marks/davis-2

TAGS

Southern Highland Craft Guild, , white stoneware, slip trailing, John C. Campbell Folk School, Indiana University, North Carolina, Center for Craft