Nancy Lege’s sculptural work explores abstraction, the figure, and the expressive possibilities that emerge through an intuitive process. Influenced by artists such as Alberto Giacometti and Isamu Noguchi, her work emphasizes discovery and surprise, allowing each piece to develop its own voice without preconceived ideas. She engages directly with porcelain and tools as equal partners, embracing uncertainty and failure as essential parts of creation.

Her abstract sculptures were originally inspired by the ancient stone circles of Callanish and sites like Stonehenge and Avebury. While those megalithic forms remain a foundation, her current work integrates mixed materials such as iron embedded directly into the clay, encaustic treatments, and settings of stone or recycled metal. Though porcelain is her primary medium, she explores how a figure's presence evolves when translated into bronze or glass, experimenting with surfaces ranging from unglazed porcelain to dynamic shino and raku glazes.

Drawn to the fragmented figure, Lege is inspired by the Japanese concept of zan ketsu no bi—the beauty of what is missing. Her sculptures reflect a timeless quality, influenced by Greek Cycladic art, mummified forms, and Giacometti’s philosophy that "the object of art is not to reproduce reality, but to create a reality of the same intensity."