Jo Gifford
Ambiguous Objects 51
Porcelain
3.5 x 9cm
£155 + p&p at point of sale
Jo Gifford uses clay to explore ideas around boundaries, containment and categorisation. With the vessel as a starting point she works in porcelain and stoneware to give a physical presence for her ideas to take shape. She uses a process led, material based practice where the hands on act of making is integral. The slow repetitive process of working with the clay is important perhaps as a reaction to the fast consumer led culture we live in. A way of slowing down, taking time and making something that holds time, care and the touch of the human hand within it.
Jo Gifford was born in 1975. She studied medicine at the University of Leeds and practiced as a doctor specialising in Paediatrics until 2012. Having decided on a career change she graduated with a degree in Fine Art from Chelsea College of Arts in 2015. She has exhibited in London and Cambridge as well as in Scotland at the Tatha Gallery, Fife and Potfest Scotland, Perthshire. She now lives and works in Kirriemuir, Angus. She is interested in how things are perceived, using the medium of clay to encourage the viewer to look more closely and question what they see.