Trained originally as a graphic designer, and with a career focused on perfection, I now find myself returning to my first love, pottery, and the opportunity to explore serendipity, self-expression, imperfection, and generally going where the clay takes me.
I work in terracotta and stoneware, making by hand using moulds and slab-building techniques. The ceramics I create seem to be as much a canvas for decoration, as they are functional objects in themselves, so alongside the brushwork, slip pouring and trailing, are often covered with the maker's marks, finger prints and little imperfections that seem to tell a story of how the pot was made.
I enjoy riffing on the English slipware tradition, and would love to work even more closely in and with nature on whatever seems to make sense and bring joy ;-)
Come and see the finished pots but also my messy workshop where they're all made. Tea, coffee and cake may even be on offer.
