Rebecca Lee
I was born in Virginia in 1975, and in 1979 my family planted roots in Alabama. Since then, Madison County has been home, the place that shaped my heart, my family, and my art.
I graduated from Lee High School in 1994, and during my senior year I took my very first pottery class. From the moment my hands touched clay, I was captivated. What began as a class quickly became a lifelong love.
Soon after, I discovered the incredible classes at the Huntsville Museum of Art. Over the years, I immersed myself in learning, refining techniques, experimenting with forms, and deepening my understanding of the craft. Though life has taken me through many seasons, pottery has always been the place I return to. Each time I step back into the studio, I’m reminded that creativity has a way of making life brighter.
I do not create commissioned pieces. Instead, I work with mud and with love allowing each piece to emerge naturally and uniquely. My hope is that every creation carries warmth, joy, and a little spark of happiness into the home of the one who finds it.
Creating art with mud and love has truly been one of life’s greatest gifts.
William Lee
I was born in Mississippi in 1976 and moved to Alabama in the early 1980s. I grew up across Upper Alabama before answering the call to serve and leaving for the United States Navy.
During my military career, I spent more time on land than at sea, traveling the world and witnessing both the best and the hardest parts of humanity. I served more than twenty years, including deployments to Iraq, and retired after twenty years and thirty days of honorable service. That chapter of my life shaped my discipline, resilience, and perspective.
After retiring, I continued to pursue creativity as a professional photographer, capturing moments, light, and story through a different kind of lens.
Watching my wife work at the wheel sparked something unexpected in me. Seeing clay take form under her hands drew me in. By early 2024, I began working with clay myself, learning to shape, trim, and glaze. I might have started sooner, but I had to get past my hesitation about clay-covered hands. Once I did, there was no turning back. I am drawn to the process, experimenting with forms, exploring glaze combinations, and embracing the transformation that happens in the kiln. Much like life and service, the outcome isn’t fully known until the fire has done its work.
For the past year, I have also been creating handcrafted jewelry in copper and silver. Working with flame and molten metal, I shape and forge each piece by hand, transforming raw material into strong, artful designs. There is something deeply meaningful about guiding metal through fire, refining it, forming it, and revealing its beauty through heat and patience.
Whether through a camera lens, a wheel of clay, or fire and molten metal, I create with the same commitment I carried in uniform, with focus, integrity, and heart.
