About

Emilie Taylor’s large scale ceramics use heritage craft processes, particularly traditional slipware, to interpret and represent post-industrial landscapes. Working from her studio in Sheffield, Emilie is interested in the pot as container and metaphor for how we seek to contain different communities within society. 

Beyond the studio she works with the communities represented in her work, and through interdisciplinary projects hopes to apply the alchemical quality of ceramics in a socially engaged context. (‘Base Materials’, Millenum Galleries 2019, ‘Landmark’, Persistence Works, 2022)

EMILIE MAKES POTS THAT DRAW OUR ATTENTION TO THE POLITICS IN THE EVERYDAY

Sara Roberts, Ceramic Review

In Emilie’s monolithic forms stylised, decorative motifs are used alongside idealistic depictions of modernist urban architecture and rituals and realities of contemporary urban life. Rich lustred surfaces overlay a gritty reality in which track suited figures are depicted with some of the glories of classical poses and presented as new urban icons.

Emilie is represented by Cynthia Corbett Gallery and Bosse & Baum, and recent solo shows include ‘May Day May Day May Day’ (Rugby Art Gallery), ‘Beating the Bounds (Bosse & Baum) and ‘Edgelands’ (Gallery Oldham and national tour). She has completed residencies in the UK and abroad.