I have always enjoyed making pieces for the table for “everyday” as well as for “special” occasions. My forms are predominately inspired by the eighteenth and nineteenth century decorative arts, particularly utilitarian silver tableware and Sevres porcelain. I am further inspired by plant forms in nature. My intent is to integrate the two so that they become one. My work is thrown, altered and assembled, and made with a porcelain clay body.

BIOGRAPHY
Leah Leitson is a studio potter who lives and works in Asheville, North Carolina. She is a member of the Piedmont Craftsmen, Inc. and the Southern Highland Craft Guild. Leah received her B.F.A. in ceramics from New York State College of Ceramics, in Alfred, New York, in 1984 and her M.F.A. in ceramics from Louisiana State University, in Baton Rouge, in 1996. She conducts workshops throughout the U.S., and is currently on the faculty of Warren Wilson College, in Asheville, North Carolina. Leah's work is exhibited in galleries across the country, including the Collection of the Gallery of Art & Design, North Carolina State University, The Roger Corsaw Collection of Ceramic Art at the State College of Ceramics in Alfred, New York, the Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Montana, and at Louisiana State University School of Art Museum, Baton Rouge, L.A.

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