Jo Davies
Jo is a ceramicist specialising in wheel-thrown, functional and
non-functional objects in porcelain. She has taught at all levels,
including undergraduates, for 15 years and is a respected
practitioner, a member of the Craft Potters' Association and
regular contributor to Ceramic Review Magazine. She has shown her
work UK wide and internationally, including Heals in London, at the
National Portrait Gallery, at the Cheongju International Craft
Competition in South Korea and the Centre of Ceramic Art in York to
name a few.
Teaching ceramics is fascinating because the interpretations are
endless. Encouraging both a student's dexterity and character is my
priority - in the first instance by using simple exercises and then
by using a gradual pushing further of each individual's abilities,
hopefully giving them the satisfaction of new knowledge and
skill.
My own work is inspired by years of slow re-interpretation of the
wheel-throwing process, by porcelain and its elasticity and its
ability to appear like liquid when it's actually hard, fired
ceramic.
