About

I make sculptural ceramics, and draw my inspiration from nature, especially the wild seashore - a dynamic place, full of contrasts of colour, pattern and texture.

I am continually excited by the potential of ceramics, and I like to encourage and emphasise the random effects which are inherent in ceramic processes and materials, and which give an unpredictable and organic character to my work.

My work is handbuilt with coils and slabs, which are sometimes textured by stretching the clay or using found objects. Pieces are either Raku fired, or sometimes finished with oxides and slips and glazed with Chinese glazes before being high fired in a gas reduction kiln.

My work is continually evolving and I am currently exploring the use of terra sigillata, an ancient finishing technique used by the Greeks and the Romans.