Exploring texture and color

Lillie Grace Hodges is a Santa Barbara native who graduated from Middlebury College in Vermont in 2016. After re-discovering ceramics in 2020 and taking classes at the wonderful Clay Studio SB, she primarily works with hand building and the raku method of glazing and firing. Each piece is constructed from slabs or coils of clay cut into patterns and molded by hand. Inspired by the central coast’s natural beauty and the element of surprise raku glazing, she builds the pieces in her home studio surrounded by nature and animals to the tune of BBC wold service news.