Glynnis Lessing
ceramics
Berry Mug
Gold Finch Tray
Virginia Creeper Vase -
Wisteria & Purple Finch Bowl
Glynnis Lessing began a lifelong love of ceramics at 9 when she learned to throw from a Japanese potter at Carleton College. She made pots in high school, worked for a potter, and went on to study art at Macalester and the University of Minnesota where she earned a BFA.
Directly after college, Lessing moved to Chicago, and began working & teaching pottery at Lill Street studios. Along the way, she worked at various other institutions, and began raising a family.
In 2008, She started participating in shows and art fairs on a full-time basis; eventually moving back to Minnesota in 2012 where she began teaching at the Northern Clay Center. Lessing continues to work full time as a potter.
Lessing strives to make beautiful, yet highly functional pots that will find an intimate niche in the daily lives of the people who take them home.
“My work is created with the hope that it will be aesthetically pleasing to people who choose it for their use instead of the mass-produced things that are commonly available; that something that is designed to be balanced for use, scaled to the hand, and created by another person will be more satisfying to use and more pleasing to look at. I endeavor to make forms that are balanced and beautiful; that are shaped for inherent harmony and pleasing lines. The form inspires the surface and the surface enhances the form.
The surface decoration is a reflection of my love of the natural world and the belief in the restorative power of being outside. It is my desire to share the pleasure I take in noticing my environment: patterns of leaves, how a bird perches on a reed, the silhouettes of trees just after sundown.”
Left: Cardinal Container
