Gemma Wilson
Ceramics & Glass MA
Royal College of Art
Specialisms: Contemporary Craft / Ceramics / Textiles - Mixed Media
Location: London, United Kingdom
Gemma Wilson
First Name: Gemma
Last Name: Wilson
Specialisms: Contemporary Craft / Ceramics / Textiles - Mixed Media
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My Location: London, United Kingdom
University / College: Royal College of Art
Course / Program Title: Ceramics & Glass MA
About
‘Play is at the core of my practice and underpins almost everything I do. If in the process of being playful I can create work to spark joy or playfulness in the viewer via colour and abstraction, then that'd be lovely.'
Gemma Wilson (b. 1997, Cambridge) is a multidisciplinary artist based in South London, working predominately with ceramics and textiles. She graduated from University of Brighton in 2019 and went on to an MA at the Royal Collage of Art in 2025. In between, she travelled, founded a jewellery brand and worked as a chef in a green Michelin star restaurant.
Craft is at the heart of Gemma’s work, which celebrates abstract forms and colour while exploring the relationship between the very different materials of fibre and clay. She uses drawing, scanography, collage and mainly hand building to inform the work, and forms take inspiration from internal anatomy, cartography and flora. Considering the environmental impact of the work has led to flatter, more kiln efficient ceramic pieces. Gemma is also experimenting with Egyptian paste and incorporates found or waste materials into the work too.
The cyclical nature of trying to add something new to your brain
The Cyclical Nature of Trying to Add Something New to Your Brain is a ceramic/textile/painting, materially discovering the connections that can be made between ceramic, stitch and fabric. Through the marbled pinks/reds/white slipped ceramics, blue/yellow pebble-like Egyptian paste, thread winds its way through this playground of objects creating a flowing cycle throughout the piece. It explores the world of abstracted biomorphic forms, discovering whether through the use of play, joy can be found for the viewer.
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