Born and raised in Bethesda Maryland, Henry Levine has designed and created vessels since he started classes at Glen Echo pottery in 1973. During school at Walt Whitman High, Henry would skip out of his algebra II classes to work in the ceramics lab. After receiving a B.A. in economics and English at The University of Rochester, he worked at a bank for a couple of years, found it very dry, and longed for a creative outlet. So, in 1984, Henry returned to school to fulfill his dream of becoming a production potter.