CLEMENT LEONARDO

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Clement Leonardo trained at The School for American Craftsmen at the Rochester Institute of Technology, where he studied clay, glass, wood, metal, and textiles. Clement lives and works in Los Angeles out of his home studio. His process is intuitive, sculptural, and deliberately untraditional. He forgoes sketches and drawings, working directly from vision. Forms are built over several days from hand-pressed and slab-formed parts; carving and coiling have no place in his practice. Instead, his focus is on exaggerated silhouettes and protruding elements, each piece approached as a singular work. Repetition holds little appeal—his curiosity is always fixed on the next idea. Leonardo’s ceramics are made for environments with a strong sense of character—spaces shaped by designers or collectors who value bold, distinctive presence. His work resists mass production, instead embracing the individuality and idiosyncrasy that come from making with both hands and instinct.