Lee Davis

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 ...
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    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.

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    Apprenticeships & Residencies
    Primary Work Experience
    1976
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    Studio potter

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    Resident Potter John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, North Carolina

    Other

    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.

    CV or Resume

    Website(s)
    Tags (related topics)

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

    Center for Craft

    Citation: Lee Davis, "The Marks Project."
    Last modified April 29, 2026. https://www.themarksproject.org/artists/lee-davis

    Objects
    Collections

    Southern Highland Craft Guild Collection
    Asheville, North Carolina

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