Lee Hudman

" B Mix "

Primary forming method?

"Hand build "

Primary firing temperature?

"Cone 5/6 "

Favorite surface treatment?

" Stroke and Coat brushed on or velvet underglazes with clear coat"

"Triangle Spiral"

"Egyptian Gilded Mask"

"Lee and Lil Daisy"

"Borg Mask"

"Blue Bonnet"

"Satyr Mask"

"Dragon Fly Bowl"

How/Where do you market and sell your artwork?

"I’ve not sold a lot, but what I have sold was to friends and family. I’ve given a lot pieces away as gifts."

"Day of the Dead - Female"

"I get inspired by a lot of things – other potters work, pictures that I see on the internet, even things I’ve seen on TV.  I’ve been known to pause the TV and take a pic of the screen.   I have a whole digital photo album of nothing but the things that have caught my eye that I would like to attempt some day in clay.  I really like masks, organic forms, and geometric designs that I draw by hand and then paint the glaze on."              

"Four Seasons - Fall and Winter"

"Spring and Summer"

"Summer and Fall"

"Winter and Spring"

"Big Daisy"

"Bowl with Double Faux Wood Handle"

"Lil Daisy"

"Colossus Mask"

"I’ve been a Realtor for over 30 years. That is what pays the bills, pottery is what keeps me sane.  I consider myself strictly a hobbyist."

"Whoville Containers"

"Orchid Bowl"

"Somnus, God of Sleep"

How have you have taken your experience as a well-established maker in the field and passed that knowledge along to your other artists?

"Not really, but I have shared my experiences on social media when people ask pottery questions.  I don’t consider myself an expert by any means.  There is just so much that I don’t know!"

"Goddess of Death"

"Black and White Geometric Pitcher"

What’s the best advice you’ve been given by a fellow maker, mentor, or teacher?

“The best advice I ever received, but it is advice that I find to be difficult for me to follow, is “if it’s perfect then no one will know that it was hand-made”. I can’t begin to tell you how many pieces that I’ve actually ruined trying to make it “perfect”.   I’m never fully satisfied with any of my pieces."

"Plague Mask"

"Bowl with Single Faux Wood Handle"