Lea is an artist and small-batch maker who creates works using ceramics, found materials, textiles, and paper. Her practice is concerned with the natural and built environment and emphasises bringing care to the forefront of collective thinking. Lea is interested in places and the materiality connected to those places, sometimes working with wild clay. By engaging with the materials of a location, she explores the impact of extreme weather and a changing climate, as well as the experience of connection to place as a queer woman.

Lea holds a Master of Contemporary Art Practices from the ANU School of Art and Design. Her work is informed by her artistic practice and her background as a landscape architect.

In addition to her art practice, Lea creates earthy reduction-fired functional ware through Mud Dept. She also teaches ceramics workshops from her home studio in Braidwood, NSW, and as a visiting artist.