Josh Scott received his BFA from the University of North Florida in 2017 and went on to obtain an MFA in Ceramics from Utah State University in 2021. Currently, he lives and makes work in northeast Florida.
Pottery for me exists as a way to take a historically “blue collar” activity, an activity rooted in labor and day to day necessity, and apply that to ideals that I hold valuable in my own life. Knowing that pots are intended to be used as tools, gives me security to think about intended use or a pots place in the home or workplace. Knowing that I can make a form that performs a specific task affords me some amount of solace in that I am preserving the original intent of pottery. Not only to create something with some visual appeal, but also to create a useful tool. Undoubtedly a lifelong endeavor.