WASSI ART AND POTTERY IN JAMAICA

Wassi Art works is renowned for the creative energy that pervades its pottery works, including a range of hand-made functional and decorative ceramic pieces. Wassi Art works is an excellent choice if you’re searching for souvenir collections from Kingston Jamaica. Wassi Art works offers simple but captivating designs such as palm trees, sunsets, fruit and flowers and sea-life themes on every Jamaican painting, Jamaican t-shirts, Jamaican sculptures, Jamaican craft and Jamaican wicker craft. Kingston Jamaica locals and tourists in the capital city can also source signature pieces in various sizes, which are decorated using different techniques such as painting, carving, and graffito.

The Wassi Art works sells these Jamaican products in a high gloss or matte finish. Popular themes within this collection include dancers, drummers, fruits and face.

Wassi Art works is an unexpected treasure chest of unusual pottery that absolutely delights collectors and visitors. Wassi Art works originally started in the resort town of Ocho Rios, Jamaica. Wassi Art works started in 1990 with three intuitive artisans employees and years later the Wassi Art works has forty employees strong. Wassi Art works designs adorn homes worldwide as many travelers to the Jamaican capital.

Visitors to Wassi Art works  include Kofi Annan, the UN Council, Shari Belafonte, daughter of Harry Belafonte, Bryan Adams, singer who has visited Kingston Jamaican on numerous occasions,  Sheryl Lee Ralph, Jesse Jackson, Ambassador Andrew Young and many other celebrities came to view the splendid art from the Wassi Art works .

The Name Wassi (wha-see) (the name of Wassi Art works) is an old Jamaica dialect word meaning terrific, stinging like a wasp. This truly a Jamaican trait of excellence has been captured by the founders of the Wassi Art works, Robert and Terri Lee in the world class quality. The Wassi Art works exposes the talents of young Jamaican artists in creations that are unique, beautiful and cultural is a vision achieved. Wassi Art works taps into this talent. The Wassi Art works uses a very orthodox approach of encouraging Jamaican artistic talent by allowing the artists to paint, sculpt or create in a production setting.

The result wonderful Jamaican art created in spontaneity. The mandate of the Wassi Art works is to promote joy through Jamaican art, to maintain the highest quality standards for Wassi Art works products, to provide the best customer service to Wassi Art works customers as possible and to promote an inclusive workplace and help the Kingston Jamaica community.

Wassi Art works evolved from a hobby business of Terri Lee. The Lees met and married in 1990. Terri comes from a family rich in Jamaican art heritage and creativity. Robert, a graphic artist and Kingston Jamaica entrepreneur. Wassi Art works flourishes in this mutual love of Jamaican art and enterprise..