about Lisa Hepburn

Lisa is fortunate to have been raised by parents who fostered every creative impulse she ever had; consequently, she enjoys painting, sewing, cooking, collage, writing bad haiku and singing worse karaoke.  It was clay, however, that completely stole her heart and hands.

While in college at the University of Wisconsin-Madison,  Lisa studied both fine arts and Spanish language.  She traveled throughout Mexico which greatly influenced her ceramic work at the time.   She produced sculptural, "barely functional" coiled and pinched vessels that evoked her fascination with early Mesoamerican pottery and sculpture.  

Ceramics would take a backseat to linguistic and educational pursuits for nearly 8 years.  After earning a master's degree in Applied Linguistic followed by a K-8 teacher's license, Lisa took a job that she loves teaching reading and math to 4th- and 5th-graders at Sandburg Elementary School.

Clay worked its way back into Lisa's heart in 2012 when she joined the Madison Potters' Guild.  She currently (and happily) leads a dual life: teacher by day, artist by night.   It's a pretty good gig.