Bill Lee

Bill Lee is known for hand-built earthenware utilitarian and decorative ceramics. His work is slab-built utilizing paper, plastic or cardboard templates. Among a variety of functional and decorative forms, Lee is known ...
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    Bill Lee is known for hand-built earthenware utilitarian and decorative ceramics. His work is slab-built utilizing paper, plastic or cardboard templates. Among a variety of functional and decorative forms, Lee is known for his signature left-handed mugs and teapots. Work is most often glazed with gloss blue or green glaze and fired to 1900?Fahrenheit in an electric kiln.

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    Apprenticeships & Residencies
    Primary Work Experience
    1977—

    Sculptor

    1993—

    Sole Proprietor, Principal Potter, Genesis Studios, Knoxville, Tennessee

    Other

    Bibliography

    McRary, Amy.  “Clay Sculptor Brings Engineering Background to Play in His Work.” Go Knoxville, November 6, 2009.

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    Jeff Kuratnick

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    Southern Highland Craft Guild

    Center for Craft

    Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

    University of Tennessee

    Genesis Studio

    Tennessee

    Virginia

    left handed

    Citation: Jeff Kuratnick Bill Lee, "The Marks Project."
    Last modified April 29, 2026. https://www.themarksproject.org/artists/bill-lee

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