Figurative Porcelain
The work explores the way that girls are constrained from birth to conform to an appearance and code of behaviour, to present a perfect face, and maintain the expectations of others. From the moment we are born gender affects our future, and upbringing influences our adult life
Stand up straight, smile nicely, say please.
The masks are cast from a large collection of doll faces, hence they reference childhood and also reflect the way that upbringing entails learning to wear a mask - essential to fit us into society. It can limit or bind, yet can also describe strength, attitude, sisterhood and resistance, the mask as disguise to fit us into the world
One eye, one part of us, looks out from the mask - and one sees what is behind.
Jemma first trained for a BSc in Engineering Product Design, and worked in the fields of industrial design, production, and architectural model making before becoming a teacher of Design and Technology. With experience in making using a broad range of materials, for a wide range of purposes, ceramics has become the abiding interest with it’s unique versatility and surface possibilities, the technical challenges and opportunities seem endless.
Being a mother, wife and daughter, as well as a woman often working in a largely male field, has led to an examination of the role of the female, and how societal norms can still shape the way children are raised.
For further information:
[email protected]
07914986486
instagram @jemma.gowland
I do not have an 'online shop', please follow for upcoming events to see and buy in person
The work explores the way that girls are constrained from birth to conform to an appearance and code of behaviour, to present a perfect face, and maintain the expectations of others. From the moment we are born gender affects our future, and upbringing influences our adult life
Stand up straight, smile nicely, say please.
The masks are cast from a large collection of doll faces, hence they reference childhood and also reflect the way that upbringing entails learning to wear a mask - essential to fit us into society. It can limit or bind, yet can also describe strength, attitude, sisterhood and resistance, the mask as disguise to fit us into the world
One eye, one part of us, looks out from the mask - and one sees what is behind.
Jemma first trained for a BSc in Engineering Product Design, and worked in the fields of industrial design, production, and architectural model making before becoming a teacher of Design and Technology. With experience in making using a broad range of materials, for a wide range of purposes, ceramics has become the abiding interest with it’s unique versatility and surface possibilities, the technical challenges and opportunities seem endless.
Being a mother, wife and daughter, as well as a woman often working in a largely male field, has led to an examination of the role of the female, and how societal norms can still shape the way children are raised.
For further information:
[email protected]
07914986486
instagram @jemma.gowland
I do not have an 'online shop', please follow for upcoming events to see and buy in person
Cynthia Corbett Gallery
https://www.thecynthiacorbettgallery.com/
Contemporary Ceramics Gallery, Great Russel St, London https://www.contemporaryceramics.uk/
Craft Potters Association Selected member
Bevere Gallery https://beveregallery.com/
Watson Gallery, Edinburgh
Design Nation Member http://designnation.co.uk/profile/jemma-gowland-ceramics/
Member of the Royal Society of Sculptors
London Potters
Kent Potters Association
https://www.thecynthiacorbettgallery.com/
Contemporary Ceramics Gallery, Great Russel St, London https://www.contemporaryceramics.uk/
Craft Potters Association Selected member
Bevere Gallery https://beveregallery.com/
Watson Gallery, Edinburgh
Design Nation Member http://designnation.co.uk/profile/jemma-gowland-ceramics/
Member of the Royal Society of Sculptors
London Potters
Kent Potters Association
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