Curves and Cups by Jam Westwood 2023

Stoneware Harvest Jug with sgraffito decoration.

Inspired by those on display at The Burton, this collection of six harvest jugs embodies a physical and obvious play on words. Designed to appear as just a bit of fun on the surface, they ask us to consider what the joke really is. Women’s bodies are often assumed by default, to be public property; open to commentary, scrutiny, judgement and ridicule. Like the doodled symbols and poetic texts of traditional harvest jugs, these reimagined versions suggest a collective social subconscious and much like a jug full of booze – it isn’t entirely wholesome.