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LeAnne Ash
(Silver Fox Gallery stocks Ash's dinnerware items in
multiple colors.)
LeAnne Ash is a resident artist at the EnergyXchange,
an art studio and horticulture center in Western North
Carolina that uses landfill gas and promotes emerging
artists. Ash makes wheel-thrown, functional pottery that
“finds strength in its simplicity.” Her work is set apart by
quiet details such as undulating rims, layered surfaces,
and soft directional changes.
A native of Louisville, Kentucky, Ash received a BFA in
Ceramics from the Cleveland Institute of Art. Following
her undergraduate work, she studied with and served
as intern for sculptor Deirdre Daw in her Seattle studio.
Ash studied and assisted at the Penland School of
Crafts in Penland, North Carolina, and served as
resident artist at the Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts in
Asheville, North Carolina from 2003-2005.
Of her work, Ash says, “I have always had an interest in
food, cooking, and culture, so it feels natural for me to
make pottery. Pottery elicits a strong human emotion
triggered by beauty, memory and touch, which can be
very powerful.”
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