Materials: Sterling silver, turquoise, lapis and sugalite
Dimensions: 3.5 inches in diameter and 7 inches tall
This piece is created in three sections. It opens up to display an inlaid Bear pendant. The underside of the base is inlaid with turquoies.
Photo credit: AZAD
Lee Epperson
Phoenix, AZ. USA
Lee Epperson is one of the major contemporary silversmiths in North America working in the Southwest style. Each of his pieces of sterling silver pottery is a one of a kind piece created by using the lost wax process.
His exquisite art pottery and boxes will always surprise collectors by revealing designs and symbols that provide communication with the distant past. He accents his designs with turquoise, lapis, sugalite and coral.
Originally trained and educated as a Mechanical Engineer, Epperson’s artistic career began with painting and watercolor before experimenting with sculpture, and the captivating effect of sculpture in metal was the motivating factor in his taking the next step to making jewelry in 1973 and later other silver products such as his sterling miniature art pottery.
Materials: Sterling silver, turquoise, lapis and sugalite
Dimensions: 3.5 inches in diameter and 7 inches tall
This piece is created in three sections. It opens up to display an inlaid Bear pendant. The underside of the base is inlaid with turquoies.
Photo credit: AZAD
Lee Epperson
Phoenix, AZ. USA
Lee Epperson is one of the major contemporary silversmiths in North America working in the Southwest style. Each of his pieces of sterling silver pottery is a one of a kind piece created by using the lost wax process.
His exquisite art pottery and boxes will always surprise collectors by revealing designs and symbols that provide communication with the distant past. He accents his designs with turquoise, lapis, sugalite and coral.
Originally trained and educated as a Mechanical Engineer, Epperson’s artistic career began with painting and watercolor before experimenting with sculpture, and the captivating effect of sculpture in metal was the motivating factor in his taking the next step to making jewelry in 1973 and later other silver products such as his sterling miniature art pottery.