Emily Gibbard
2024 – Taking part in Potfest South East – Glynde Place and Potfest South West – Shaftesbury
By manipulating, tearing and stacking vessels thrown on the potter’s wheel, Emily creates sculptural representations of the human form. Movement and fluidity are brought into her work by bending and distorting vessels at the state of plasticity. Glazes are brushed and poured across the surface, adding colour and spontaneity.
Emily celebrates the versatility of clay and the journey of the maker. Her work explores body perception and the ancient connection between clay and the human form, from the earliest sculpture to the anthropomorphic qualities of the ceramic vessel. Inspiration comes from her background in social anthropology and interest in prehistoric and modernist sculpture.