Vicki Conley is a fiber artist and studio potter who has lived in Ruidoso Downs, NM for almost forty years. Although her formal education is in the sciences, the creative spirit defines her. In 2004 she discovered quilting and quickly began designing her own fiber art, exploring color, form and texture utilizing myriad modern techniques. She has been a professional potter since 1982 and owns a gallery where she sells her art quilts and pottery. She balances her life between the business of making pottery and the joy and need to make quilts. She loves trying new techniques and materials, and usually explores themes in the natural world using her own travels and photographs as inspiration.