Hilary Bird Mayo is a London based artist specialising in sculptural ceramics. A Selected Member of the Crafts Potter Association and Contemporary Applied Arts; and an alumni of the Crafts Council Hothouse programme. Making for over 40 years, Bird Mayo trained on the esteemed City Lit Diploma course, beginning her professional career in 2012. She has an honours degree in History of Design and her first career was at the BBC producing programmes.
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EDGELANDS
18 March 2025
Inspired by Edgelands (2011) by poets Paul Farley and Michael Symmons Roberts, this exhibition brings together sculptural ceramic works that reflect the liminal, often disregarded spaces at the fringes of our built environment. These are places of quiet resilience and transformation—where remnants of past industries meet pockets of wildness, and where change is constant yet unnoticed. Through material, form, and process, the artists in Edgelands investigate themes of transition, memory, and reclamation. The works on display echo the poetic and elusive qualities of these spaces—hard to define yet instantly recognizable, rich with texture, history, and narrative.
CERAMIC REVIEW profile interview
01 November 2018
'CLAY AS CANVAS' Sue Herdman has written a lovely 6 page profile piece about my work, beautifully illustrated with photographs by Christian Barnett and Yeshen Vanema.In Issue 294, Nov/Dec 2018 01 November 2018
Shortlisted:Wells Art Contemporary 2025
8 October - 1 November 2025
I am thrilled to be selected for Wells Art Contemporary Site Specific Installations 2025. An international competition with over 2,400 submissions by 1,500 artists across 35 countries. ‘IN MEMORIAM’ will be installed in the exquisite 14th century ‘Unknown Tomb.’ 20 other short listed works will feature throughout the cathedral and grounds
New work signals a change of direction, exploring new materials, incorporating local clay and found objects, sometimes repurposing work, mindful of recycling where possible. I stepped away from the work I’m known for, stoneware vessels using the clay as canvas. I’m interested in the scars left on the landscape by human activity and nature’s remarkable ability to recolonise abandoned spaces.