About

My little hands first touched clay at age seven – and I remember it felt like coming home! Little did I know then how much this magical material would shape my future and mould my career.

I studied art and Design at Marple College and specialised in ceramics, filling my spare time with master classes with potters, a short workshop at clay College and a lot of experimenting in my studio learning from my mistakes and growing from what went well – and ultimately, finding my way through art.

My day usually starts with a dog walk either through the rolling hills of the Peak District where I live, or along the rugged coast line of North Wales where I also spend a lot of time. These beautiful landscapes both inspire and influence my creativity by absorbing the rich colours of the changing seasons and the patterns and textures in nature itself.

My figurative work of animals and the human form uses gestural marks to subtly define each piece echoing nature. Yet, in my sculptural pieces I like to use sgraffito to define and highlight illustrations that are hand painted with underglazes by gently carving into the clay which is a very therapeutic process.

I once read that every vessel has a spirit keeper, and I like to think, as structurally clay has a memory that it holds the secrets and whispers of the earth. It is important to me that the making process is evident in the final piece with each unique piece of pottery having its own character. Clay represents renewal and creation which fascinates me as it symbolises the fragility of impermanence and transformation which eventually, over time, is formed by my hands and embodied and held in its final form.