Emily Stubbs is a contemporary British ceramicist based in York, North Yorkshire.

Graduating in 2007 with a BA(Hons) in Ceramics Emily went on to become a founding member of PICA Studios, an artist led studio collective of 23 artists, makers, writers and thinkers set within an 18th century printworks in the centre of historic York. Emily exhibits her contemporary ceramics in exhibitions, events and galleries around the UK

"Through my work I explore the playful relationship between form and surface decoration. The vessel is my primary interest, created by building and collaging slabs of textured clay together. Drawing inspiration from my 2D paper collages and sketches I translate this process into clay, building up layer upon layer of slips and glazes. The finished vessels have a similar graphic quality to them, with bold colour, strong line and intuitive mark making."

Emily will be spending the year ahead at York St John's University exploring the possibilities of screen printing onto ceramics. Using the print room facilities and the sculpture studios she will combine traditional printing methods with slab building techniques to culminate in a series of large sculptural vessels.