The Marks Project - A Marks Dictionary of American Studio Pottery, 1946 to Present

Lee Davis

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.

 

 

 

Center for CraftSouthern Highland Craft Guild

 

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

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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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