Jemma Gowland
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Ceramic Sculpture
This 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.  The disrupted surfaces, or perfect doll masks, describe the vulnerability beneath.
​From the moment we are born gender restricts our future.
Stand up straight, smile nicely, say please.
Ceramic figures show the girl dressed for display, as a plaything, an entertainment and ornament.  Looks and behaviour are already proscribed.
But the same looks and the dress can also be a way to rebel and show individuality.

In the use of ceramic, the work can also describe strength.  It also tries to show attitude, sisterhood and resistance.
The mask is a disguise to fit us into the world.

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:
jgowlandceramics@gmail.com
07914986486
​ instagram @jemma.gowland

GALLERIES
Contemporary Ceramics Gallery, Great Russel St, London https://www.contemporaryceramics.uk/
Bevere Gallery https://beveregallery.com/
Watson Gallery Edinburgh https://www.watsongallery.co.uk/
- now with new venue at Queen Street Studios:
Kellie Miller Arts, 20 Market st, Brighton
https://www.kelliemillerarts.com/
Craft Potters Association Selected member
Design Nation Member 
http://designnation.co.uk/profile/jemma-gowland-ceramics/
ArtCan member​ https://www.artcan.org.uk
London Potters
Kent Potters Association
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