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Guest Potter: Yvette Lepley

This year, Yvette will be a guest potter at Smicksburg Pottery tour.

Artist Statement:

"I began working in ceramics as a stress outlet. It continues to be a release today. For me, clay is living and breathing. My work is a collaboration of my imagination and the clay’s response during the creation process. It’s an interaction which allows my vision to evolve. I primarily make face jugs, a southern born tradition. They satisfy my love of throwing and hand building. I create a variety of realistic and caricature personas using a very loose working regime. It amazes me that the slightest change to a feature transforms the entire meaning. I see each jug as a challenge and a meditation. I work in silence, thinking with images and feelings rather than words. At completion, I smile at my new friend and hope that it can bring pleasure to someone else as well."

 

Biography:

Yvette has a home based business. She pots in her basement and carries pots 125 feet, across the lawn, to the shop where her kiln is housed. She sells predominately on the internet, but hopes to have a modest room set up for sales before Christmas. Yvette’s clay time is limited. She is a stay at home mom to two boys with autism. All her work is stamped with a puzzle piece, the symbol of autism awareness. You can visit her web site: groundhogpottery.net.

Below are some samples of her work: