Maegan Lea got into potting through a matter of happenstance.
After finishing a degree in graphic design and during the days of waiting that go with job hunting, she took a clay production class at Montgomery Community College. More than a decade later, she’s still potting.
In 2012, Maegan officially launched Fickle Pottery—a name inspired by her mother, who gently teases her about her fickle nature (ficklepottery.com). While Maegan might be fickle about her projects, she isn’t fickle about the quality. Clean lines, limited glaze colors and speckled clay are the signature look of Maegan’s pieces.
“I purposefully only use two glazes and then the decorative part is really where I get variety, because at a certain point I started feeling like I needed to simplify,” she says. “With pottery, it’s kind of a complex thing and you can go a ton of different directions. I simplified it, and people really responded to it.”
A Cameron native, Maegan has lived all over Moore County, now calling Pinehurst home with her husband and daughter. Fickle Pottery can be found in local shops and online, as well as at the State Fair and many other art shows around the state. Her philosophy may be the reason for her success: “I just try to make simple, beautiful pottery.”
After finishing a degree in graphic design and during the days of waiting that go with job hunting, she took a clay production class at Montgomery Community College. More than a decade later, she’s still potting.
In 2012, Maegan officially launched Fickle Pottery—a name inspired by her mother, who gently teases her about her fickle nature (ficklepottery.com). While Maegan might be fickle about her projects, she isn’t fickle about the quality. Clean lines, limited glaze colors and speckled clay are the signature look of Maegan’s pieces.
“I purposefully only use two glazes and then the decorative part is really where I get variety, because at a certain point I started feeling like I needed to simplify,” she says. “With pottery, it’s kind of a complex thing and you can go a ton of different directions. I simplified it, and people really responded to it.”
A Cameron native, Maegan has lived all over Moore County, now calling Pinehurst home with her husband and daughter. Fickle Pottery can be found in local shops and online, as well as at the State Fair and many other art shows around the state. Her philosophy may be the reason for her success: “I just try to make simple, beautiful pottery.”