2020 - overview of practice:
A ceramicist specialising in wheel-throwing porcelain, Jo's practice includes hand-making a fine porcelain design range, lighting and unique objects. Her individual approach to wheel-thrown ceramics, where high-fired porcelain often appears paradoxically to be fresh off the wheel, balances softness with rigidity, smoothness with weight and tactility.
All ceramic work is wheel-thrown by Jo; from the smallest cup to a large, unique vessel, every object is always an individual item. Each piece acts as a reflection of the shape of Jo Davies’ hands as well as her intentions as a ceramic designer. The enjoyment of the making process and the continuing development of an evolving creativity are what drive her practice.
As Royal College of Art MA graduate, she exhibits internationally and has worked with, amongst others, the National Portrait Gallery, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, the Hepworth Wakefield, Somerset House, Heals and the National Trust. Her work is held at the Contemporary Ceramics Centre in Bloomsbury, alongside other stockists, and the Cheongju International Craft Competition holds her work in their permanent collection. Her practice has been supported by the Crafts Council and Arts Council England.
Description of work from 2004-05 residency at Portsmouth Uni:
All my work is made from clay, a material that I value for its adaptability, malleability and longevity. I see the strips of clay I make as a style of drawing - the edges being a metaphor for line. In this way I can draw whatever I want. The work I have made within the last year celebrates, in part, feminine frills and curls. It attempts to make serious a style of visual language that is often perceived, consciously or not, as light, lacking in gravity or 'just decorative.'
Each project I undertake tends to pivot around the state of human perceptions and behaviour, trying to visualise our relationships with objects and each other and how we relate through those objects. I see clay as the right material to carry these kinds of ideas because of its history - clay being one of the most widely and intimately used materials in society.
2020 - overview of practice:
A ceramicist specialising in wheel-throwing porcelain, Jo's practice includes hand-making a fine porcelain design range, lighting and unique objects. Her individual approach to wheel-thrown ceramics, where high-fired porcelain often appears paradoxically to be fresh off the wheel, balances softness with rigidity, smoothness with weight and tactility.
All ceramic work is wheel-thrown by Jo; from the smallest cup to a large, unique vessel, every object is always an individual item. Each piece acts as a reflection of the shape of Jo Davies’ hands as well as her intentions as a ceramic designer. The enjoyment of the making process and the continuing development of an evolving creativity are what drive her practice.
As Royal College of Art MA graduate, she exhibits internationally and has worked with, amongst others, the National Portrait Gallery, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, the Hepworth Wakefield, Somerset House, Heals and the National Trust. Her work is held at the Contemporary Ceramics Centre in Bloomsbury, alongside other stockists, and the Cheongju International Craft Competition holds her work in their permanent collection. Her practice has been supported by the Crafts Council and Arts Council England.
Description of work from 2004-05 residency at Portsmouth Uni:
All my work is made from clay, a material that I value for its adaptability, malleability and longevity. I see the strips of clay I make as a style of drawing - the edges being a metaphor for line. In this way I can draw whatever I want. The work I have made within the last year celebrates, in part, feminine frills and curls. It attempts to make serious a style of visual language that is often perceived, consciously or not, as light, lacking in gravity or 'just decorative.'
Each project I undertake tends to pivot around the state of human perceptions and behaviour, trying to visualise our relationships with objects and each other and how we relate through those objects. I see clay as the right material to carry these kinds of ideas because of its history - clay being one of the most widely and intimately used materials in society.
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