The objects I make are inspired by those from the ancient Japanese kilns of Bizen and Shiguraki, and traditional and contemporary Korean Buncheong. They are filtered through my personal response to the processes of building with clay, combined with a modern aesthetic.

I take inspiration from the environment I find myself in. Chance made maps in the micro and macro landscape feed into the marks I make in clay, which build in layers to add up to a narrative whole.

I hand build my work leaving the spontaneous mark making that comes from the process of working quickly, to capture the softness and fluidity of movement and intuitive decision making that comes from making pots on the wheel.

In June 2020 I moved to a new studio on the edge of Dartmoor and am slowly responding to this new environment, the effects of which are finding it’s way into the work I make.

.Having made the difficult decision to stop using fossil fuels to fire my work, I have begun the journey to get to know the wood fired kiln that I have been building over the last 3 years and to make work which reflects the ever-changing nature of the materials I have to work with. Wild clays, & Sweet Chestnut wood ash.

My work is a response to the ongoing climate emergency, trying to find a way forward as a maker, as an artist and as a citizen of the planet we call home.