Lisa  began taking basic and then advanced pottery classes at two Texas colleges  in the Dallas area in the late 1970s. After acquiring basic skills,  including clay and glaze formulation, she developed an interest in slab  techniques, focusing primarily on sculptural pottery and raku. During  that time, she began to show and sell her work. After moving to North  Carolina in the mid-1980s, Lisa continued taking classes, first at Central  Carolina Community College in Sanford and then at Jordan Arts Center  in Cary.

While  Lisa has extensive wheelwork experience, she prefers handbuilding with  slabs or extruded forms as well as creating wearable art by combining  clay accents with metal, leather or hemp. Natural and fantasy forms  are common themes in her work, and she also draws upon Celtic, Greek,  Egyptian and Roman mythologies to design or decorate her pieces. Some  of her work can be viewed at www.eclectikos.com.