Artist’s Statement
In all the work I make I am looking to explore the relationship between inner space and outer form; where they meet and merge one into the other. This sprang from an interest in calligraphy and typography, but includes all organic forms; plant and animal, where inner nature describes outer appearance – each is expressed in, and through, the other.
Methods
I make stoneware sculptural pieces for home and garden. They are thrown and handbuilt from stoneware clays and porcelain. Some are simply glazed to emphasise the form, others are unglazed. All are biscuit fired to 970oC, then fettled and glazed and high fired to 1260oC.
BIO
I am largely self-taught although I have attended various pottery classes, intensive courses and master classes, and am always keen to learn more. I previously worked as a graphic designer and craft teacher, but pottery is my real passion and since 2012 I have been a full time professional maker. I have met with many challenges and successes and am completely hooked!
I teach regular classes from The Clay Loft near Nailsworth, which I find stimulating, challenging and rewarding.
I show my work at a number of high quality craft shows throughout the year, through galleries nationally, from my studio by appointment and online through my website.
Exhibitions and Shows
Fired Works
Potfest Scotland, Scone Palace, Perth 2013
Potfest in the Pens, Penrith Auction Mart, Penrith 2013
Northern Potters Selected Exhibition at Creation Fine Arts, Beverley 2013 Northern Potters Selected Exhibition at The New School House Gallery, York 2013 Handmade in Britain, Chelsea 2014
Potfest in the Park, Hutton in the Forest, Cumbria 2014
Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair, Manchester 2014
Art In Clay, Farnham, Surrey 2014
RHS Garden Rosemoor, Winter Sculpture Exhibition, Torrington, Devon 2014-15 The Garden Gallery ‘Truth to material’ Exhibition, Stockbridge, Hampshire 2015 Borde Hill Gardens, Haywards Heath, West Sussex 2015
SIT Select Trail Open Studios Festival, Stroud, Glos. 2015
St David’s Church Contemporary Ceramics Show, Discoed, Wales 2015
Contemporary Craft Festival, with Westcountry Potters’ Association, Bovey Tracey, Devon 2015
Potfest Scotland, Scone Palace, Perth 2015
Art in Clay, Hatfield, Hatfield House, Herts 2015
Art In Action, Waterperry Gardens, Oxon. 2015
Potfest in the Park, Hutton in the Forest, Cumbria 2015
Salisbury Contemporary Craft & Heritage Fair, Salisbury, Wiltshire 2015
Select Showcase, Cheltenham with The Gloucestershire Guild of Craftsmen 2015
Innovations in Ceramic Art, Cambridge with Primavera Gallery 2015
South Staffordshire Guild of Craftsmen Winter show, Middleport Pottery 2015
Art In Clay, Farnham, Surrey 2015
SVA Christmas Open Studios, Stroud, Glos. 2015
Potfest In The Park, Hutton in the Forest, Penrith, Cumbria 2016
Countryfile Live!, Blenhiem Palace, Oxon 2016
Art In Clay, Hatfield, Herts. 2016
RHS Garden Rosemoor, Winter Sculpture Exhibition, Torrington, Devon 2016-17
Potfest In The Park, Hutton in the Forest, Penrith, Cumbria 2017
Affordable Sculpture Exhibition, Twyning, Gloucestershire 2017
Gloucestershire Guild of Craftsmen Spring Show, Tetbury 2017
Bristol University Botanic Garden Easter Sculpture Show, Bristol 2017
Potfest In The Park, Hutton in the Forest, Penrith, Cumbria 2017
Gloucestershire Guild of Craftsmen Show, Cheltenham Literary Festival, Glos. 2018
Cotswold Sculptors Association ‘Creating Spaces’, Uley, Gloucestershire 2018
Bristol University Botanic Garden Easter Sculpture Show, Bristol 2019
Cotswold Sculptors Association ‘Creating Spaces’, Malmesbury 2019
Select Trail at The Clay Loft (Nailsworth, Glos.) 2019
Celebrating Ceramics with Craft In Focus, Waterperry Gardens, Oxon.) 2019
Cotswold Sculptors Association ‘Creating Spaces’, Abbey House Gardens, Malmesbury 2020
Doddington Hall Sculpture Show Biennial, Doddington, Lincs. 2020 Potfest In The Park, Hutton in the Forest, Penrith, Cumbria 2020
Current Galleries
Flux Gallery, Bristol
The Guild at 51 Cheltenham
The Cecilia Colman Gallery, St. John’s Wood, London Morningside Gallery, Edinburgh
Atholl Gallery, Dunkeld, Perthshire
Primavera Gallery, Cambridge
Cupola Gallery, Sheffield
Wingates Gallery, Market Harborough
Wingates Gallery, Leicester
Ava Gallery, Plymouth
