The art of Mary Ann Leigh
What happens when you get to a point in your life where you can move to Maui to kick back? Well, if you've worked at something or another since you were twelve, that becomes a tall order. Purpose driven people need purpose. Fortunately, even early in life, my professional choices always were avocations instead of vocations. If career choices over the years ranged from librarian, junior high teacher, antique store owner and restorer, restaurant owner and chef, nursery owner and garden designer - what's left? Ceramics? Why? Having studied pottery in college, I often recalled thinking about finding the time and place to learn more. Aloha Maui! With all of the art opportunities, wonderful classes, and fantastic teachers available, how could hard work and dedication not lead to progress?
Overnight (six years later), my work began to be accepted into galleries and juried exhibitions. Now, I see something magical in the world and wonder how to translate the concept into a ceramic work. Often the struggle is just that. The more complicated and quirky the idea, the more gravity defying, the more complex the techniques to be mastered, the more engineering, the more re-engineering, the making of glazes, the re-making of glazes, and especially, the more puzzling the process, the more I delight in the finished product that results when planning, will, luck, determination, and serendipity all come together. When that kiln door is opened, sometimes, and really only somteimes, there is magic. Enjoy!
Mary Ann Leigh - Slideshow
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| Saddle Vase, Green Grooved |
| Ceramic |
| 13" x 4" x 6" - $175 |
| MAL01 |
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| Pop! Goes the Teapot |
| Ceramic |
| 7" x 9" - $195 |
| MAL05 |
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| Disc Bottle with Lid |
| Ceramic |
| 9" x 7" - $150 |
| MAL09 |
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| Tile Vase |
| Ceramic |
| 9" x 8" - $250 |
| MAL10 |
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| Disc Teapot |
| Ceramic |
| 8" x12" - $295 |
| MAL12 |
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| Disc Sugar |
| Ceramic |
| 5" x 6" - $100 |
| MAL13 |
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| Tile Bottle |
| Ceramic |
| 9" x 7" - $125 |
| MAL17 |
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| Palm Tree, Porcelain |
| Ceramic |
| 10" x 4" - $75/Each |
| MAL21 |
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| Palm Tree, Shino |
| Ceramic |
| 10" x4" - $75/Each |
| MAL21 |
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| Skyline Tile Bottle |
| Ceramic |
| 9" x 4" - $65 |
| MAL23 |
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| Tile Triangle Vase |
| Ceramic |
| 6" x 8" - $75 |
| MAL24 |
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| Pop! Bottle |
| Ceramic |
| 7" x 6" - $125 |
| MAL25 |
