Amber Lady Pitcher

John is a visual person and attracted to anything that ‘catches his eye’, be it something in nature, or architectural, or in the classical or modern arts. He believes this comes forth in his work. Primarily in high fire stoneware, John is always trying to push the envelope, trying new techniques, new shapes, new colors, new styles. He likes to throw big – he guesses it’s because he can after 32 years of playing with clay. John tries to push his students along to gain success, confidence, and self-discovery in their own work with his First Rule of Pottery – there are no rules.

John spent the first 5 years of his pottery career on a kick wheel at a small studio in Wilton, CT. Afterwards. he moved New Haven’s Creative Arts Workshop (CAW) where he was a student for several years. John became one of the Studio Potters, then head Studio Potter.  Lipsky’s pottery is currently exhibited at Spectrum Gallery in Centerbrook, Connecticut.