Lesley Baker’s work consists of some pieces that I wish I would have had the guts to make. I have always liked being a “girly girl” and wish that that would have been able to come out in my work more. I have always had a feeling that flowers and hearts on work is “cheesy,” however, Lesley was able to take these things and make them very pretty and some great looking art.
One of my favorite pieces is the Flower House. It is such a simple looking form and structure, but knowing how clay works and after looking at the structure, I can see that it can be hard to put together, and it makes me appreciate her for her work (I can see this is many of her other pieces as well.) I like that in her work like the flower house, she puts detail in ever inch. The print she has on the flowers is visible on both inside and outside of the flowers, and even on the base as well. I like that the flowers seem to be uniform, but have an organic, unique quality to them. Another one of Lesley’s pieces I like is the Wall of Sight. The forms she uses are interesting and both something I have never seen before, and something that seems familiar and organic. I really like that her forms seem to be able to work as one object, and fit together to make one big piece at the same time, it is something I think can work really well in a piece or work against it. I think that this works for her, because you can't really tell that they are all smaller pieces that fit together to make one piece. This is also seen in her piece, Fly on the Wall.
I feel that Lesley Baker has an ability to make things so mainstream and, in a way, cheesy, and make them into very…pretty pieces of art work that give an air of simplicity and elegance as well.
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