Born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in 1956, Jennifer Lee studied ceramics and tapestry at Edinburgh College of Art, before travelling to the US to study South-West Indian prehistoric ceramics.
Her pots are hand-built, do not use a wheel or glazes, and are admired for their earthy simplicity and organic, asymmetrical forms. Her 1997 Pale Pot, Speckled Emerging Rim,right, reached £13,000 at Mallams in December 2016, an auction record. The vase formed part of the exhibition Twenty-five Years, Craft Council Shop at the V&A in 1999. Lee, who works from a London studio, has work in major collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Victoria and Albert Museum.