Jocelyn Jenkins

Jocelyn Jenkins studied Mechanical Engineering and received a Diploma and Masters in International Development. After returning from working in Nepal with UNICEF she found herself towards working with clay and began making her living as a ceramicist. Presently she divides her time by working on her own projects while running a studio facility teaching adults and children community programs.

Sgraffito is the preferred surface decoration technique for Jocelyn Jenkins. She says, “It allows me to pluck images from my daily life and to move back and forth across the blurry line that divides pure decoration from narration. I hand build as well throw work in order to have more control over the forms which I can carve into.  The interplay between the form, and the sgraffito decoration is the most satisfying part of the making process. It also has a pronounced impact on the nature of the completed work, as the narrative is interpreted by the user.”