LESLEY BAKER
“CODE&CRAFT”
2025
Lesley Baker is an Associate Professor of Ceramics at the Rhode Island School of Design and has also taught at Herron School of Art and Design in Indianapolis, UC Berkeley and the California College of the Arts. She earned her MFA at the Rhode Island School of Design in 2000. She has participated in numerous artist residencies, including the Archie Bray Foundation, the John Michael Kohler Arts/Industry Residency, the Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center in Denmark, and the Pottery Workshop in Jingdezhen, China. Her work has also been published in numerous books including The Yixing Effect the newest edition of Ceramics and Print and the recently published Cast. Her work is greatly influenced by our changing environment, both in the natural and manmade world. She works with a range of processes including 3D printing of clays including terra cotta, stoneware and porcelain as well as Egyptian Paste. She also hand build and slip casts. Her surfaces often include layers of imagery using stencils, screen printing and digital decals.
“Technology gives us permission to work with richly historical materials in unexpected ways. In turn, it allows for the execution of ideas not possible by hand but fully envisioned by the artist.”