LISA BRADLEY
QUICK FACTSYears As An Artist
19 years Main Clay Body Porcelain, Highwater Clays Helios Primary Clay Building Methods Wheel thrown pottery Favorite Studio Tool Metal rib is my fav! Clay Wishes or Dreams To make a cultural switch from the manufactured to an epic love for the handmade appreciated and valued by all. Lines of people waiting around the block just to get inside the doors of Savannah's Clay Spot to purchase a handmade piece of pottery. |
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ARTIST STATEMENT
My work is a visual walk into my imaginary Candyland garden. I create functional wheel thrown porcelain wares that are decorative and celebratory. Nostalgia fuels my desire to make pottery which embodies the ideas of history, family, and special occasions. My images reference patterns I grew up with and live with daily. I use fun, pastel colorful glazes to reference sweet candies and combine them with forms that reference garden, together creating an imaginary candy garden where flowers grow referencing lollipops. To make my work is an act of "making special." I create so that interactions with domestic objects in our everyday routines become special and joyous moments.
ARTIST BIO
Lisa Alvarez Bradley is a full time studio potter and owner of Savannah's Clay Spot, a community studio. Her work has been shown in regional and national galleries through numerous juried and invitational exhibitions. Images of her work have been published in reference books, cookbooks, and in a variety of periodicals.
Lisa earned a BFA in Ceramics from Kent State University. She has spent the last seventeen years coordinating and managing art programs as well as instructing adults and children in a variety of settings. Through her quest and desire to create a strong collaborative clay community in Savannah she opened Savannah's Clay Spot studio in 2011. When not creating herself, Lisa's interest is in sharing her passion for clay with others.
Lisa earned a BFA in Ceramics from Kent State University. She has spent the last seventeen years coordinating and managing art programs as well as instructing adults and children in a variety of settings. Through her quest and desire to create a strong collaborative clay community in Savannah she opened Savannah's Clay Spot studio in 2011. When not creating herself, Lisa's interest is in sharing her passion for clay with others.
CONTACT INFO
You can find Lisa's work at Savannah's Clay Spot in Savannah, GA. Contact her at lisa@savannahsclayspot.com or 912-509-4647.
Also be sure to check out our personal interview with Lisa!
Also be sure to check out our personal interview with Lisa!