My Story
After graduating from Loughborough College of Art and Design in June 1995 I was fortunate to be offered the post of ceramics technician on the course I had just finished. This precious year allowed me to expand on knowledge I had already gained, before heading to South Wales to work as a thrower at Gwili Pottery.
I stayed there for 12 months before moving to Frome, Somerset and setting up my first workshop, making oxidised stoneware. Four years later I moved to Devon and set up my current workshop and shop.
Over the years my creative practice has evolved away from the salt glazed process I explored and enjoyed during my degree. I developed a range of oxidised stoneware that is unashamedly functional, adapting my making to the firing process available to me and allowing me to grow and learn as a maker. After the Covid pandemic the opportunity to move back to salt, and also wood, presented itself. I built my kiln and returned to the process that so inspired and fuelled my early passion for ceramics.
A lifetime of looking
My love of food has always been at the heart of my work. My hope is to make pieces that contribute to the rituals and pleasures of preparing and enjoying food either on your own or with friends and family.
Influences ranging from the country pottery traditions from across Europe, the rich glaze traditions of North East Asia to modern and Gothic architecture and the ever inspiring beauty of nature have informed my ideas and shaped the finished pieces.
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