Award Films 2025 – Jo Taylor

Award Films 2025 – Jo Taylor

Media category
Film

Award is the British Ceramics Biennial’s headline exhibition. It invites ten selected artists to tread new ground, use the momentum of the exhibition to focus or make a step change in their practice or to present work in ways it hasn’t previously been experienced.

 

About the Award films

Each film introduces the Award artists and shares how, where and why they make their work. Created by acclaimed filmmakers Lucy and Cameron of Elastic Pie Films, they reveal clay to be a rich material for storytelling, experimentation, playfulness, risk-taking and activism.

Jo Taylor is part of the Award exhibition at Spode Works, open daily 10am-4pm from 6 September – 19 October 2025.

 

About the artist

Jo Taylor’s works are inspired by an interest in the Rococo period. She distils the essence of Rococo – curves, ornament, skill, palette, asymmetry, joy, theatricality – into a garniture of large-scale sculptural vessels.

For Award 2025, clay will be coloured, thrown and coiled to create sculptural vessels which are elevated on feet or stands for posture. The surfaces will be adorned with thrown and hand-built additions alongside thick coloured slip.

 

See more of Jo’s work.