Jasmina Vuckovic

Jasmina was a practising ceramics artist in her home country, Serbia, before moving to the UK in 2008 to pursue an MA in Conservation, specialising in ceramics and related materials at West Dean College. After completing her studies, she worked in private practice for 15 years, during which she developed her practical skills to a high level.

In 2018, she returned to West Dean College as a Subject Tutor, teaching graduate and master’s students specialising in the conservation of ceramics. Her other teaching experience includes designing and delivering short courses, as well as serving as a visiting lecturer at the University of Dubrovnik, Croatia. Jasmina is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a mentor and assessor for the Icon Accreditation scheme. She currently holds the position of Senior Ceramics Conservator at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.”

Describe your approach to teaching 
My teaching approach is hands-on, enthusiastic and empowering, fostering curiosity, creativity and critical thinking through fun, interactive activities that inspire confidence and a lifelong love for learning. 

What inspires your own work?
Broken and fractured features heavily in both my work as a maker and as a conservator. I was always captivated by and saw beauty in derelict buildings, ruins and shipwrecks- as eerie monuments of human history while providing a background for new life. Through using different making and restoration techniques, I seek to bring together those contrasts: strength and fragility, disintegration and repair.