Jacqui Ramrayka is a British-Guyanese ceramicist who explores themes of identity, home and belonging in relation to Indo-Caribbean diasporic identity, which she recognises as a hybrid of cultures. She considers how objects can embody these concepts, giving form to something intangible using residue and remnants, fractures and erosion.

‘My work is exploratory and inquisitive; I like to push at the edges of what you are supposed to do with clay. I use clay and mixed media as a catalyst for conversation, using clay as my language and as a form of call and response. Material exploration is crucial to my practice; I’m interested in what is seen as waste or residue, reframing these assumptions and highlighting the mutable and transformative nature of clay. Collecting and collating are key elements in my work, as is paying attention to the process through repetitive acts of making.’