Jessie Higginson British
Jessie Higginson is an artist-maker, based in Penryn, Cornwall. She studied Wood, Metal, Plastics at Brighton University from 1992-1996 and achieved an MA in Ceramics with the Royal College of Art in 2004. Jessie ran a ceramics practice, focused on functional, small batch production porcelain. She hand slip-cast a series of vases and vessels, in minimal, sculptural forms. The work was highly finished with graphic surface qualities, using inlay, slips and glaze to create texture, pattern and subtle tones. Between 2004 – 2008 Jessie worked on collections of screen-prints alongside teaching ceramics at BA level and was subsequently the project manager for supporting designer-makers in Cornwall.Jessie’s work was sold internationally at galleries and design stores across the UK as well as America and Japan.
