Lesley Anne Greene

Born 1954 in Otley,West YorkshireArt College trained and experienced secondary school teacher Lesley has been making,exhibiting and selling her figurative hand built ceramic sculptures since 1994 Inspiration for my earlier works came from my home life as well as a lifelong interest in museum artefacts,ancient history,myths and legends.Over the years I have revisited and recalled some of those elements to create my current collecton.The cat reliquary vessels are based on canopic jars and mummifiedforms from ancient egypt.They function on a decorative level but they could be used for the interrment of remains.Theunmodelled coils revealing the skeleton are intended as a visual metaphor for the purpose. Miu is the ancient egyptian word for cat.Feeline is a play on words and the desire to hold and touch the object. I aim to create the feeling of the ceremonial or sacred in many of mypieces but also think that humour is an important quality. Geisha was created to show originally at Potfest in Cumbria several years ago when there was a cultural exchange between Japan and the Lake District.I initially created two Kimonos to work out how I would construct the bigger piece but left them without the figure because I felt that they took ...

Career profile:1994- present Ceramic Artist (self employed)1978 - 1986 Teacher of Art and Ceramics at Kings Grove County High,Crewe Cheshire.Education and Training:1981 - 1982 Crewe and Alsager College of H.E. Dip in Craft,Design and Technology.1977 - 1978 South Glamorgan Institute of H.E. Dept of Education. Post Graduate Art teachers certificate.1974 - 1977 Cardiff College of Art.B.A. Hons 3D Design/ Ceramics.affiliations:The Northern Potters Association.Other experience: includes slide assisted talks to public groups on site demonstration of techniquesworkshops involving children and adultsPromotional material i.e. photographs and desk top literature created by myself using Macintosh computer (self taught)and both digital and SLR camera.Awards: John B Shaw Memorial Prize at Holmfirth Artweek 2000Craftsman Magazine Highly Commended Newcomer at the BCTFHarrogate April 2005I have exhibited regularly with the Northern Potters Associationand have had work in many group shows as well as a duo and couple of solos.Please see my web site for a comprehensive listing of my exhibition history.,

2017 East Yorkshire Open Studios (EYOS)
Middleton on the Wolds,East Riding of Yorkshire .