About Joy

Joy Taylor's hands and heart work together to transform clay into useful, beautiful things for your everyday life. Joy loves the process of making something from nothing, giving shapeless clay a form and a purpose. She describes the act of throwing on the wheel in particular to be akin to yoga - centering and evenness are the driving force behind both, and the continuous, steady movement of throwing gives a similar inner feeling of calm and flow. She connects with earthy glazes and the raw, natural beauty of darker clay. Her pieces are rustic, simple, and elegant.