My Journey.

I remember as a child taking an after school class in clay, I made a brightly coloured clown and it sat in the glass cabinet for my entire childhood and I loved it. This was my very first experience with clay and it stuck with me somehow, I have returned to the medium throughout my life.

Skip to decades ahead and after other life adventures. Travelling, art school in the 90’s, where I studied Fine Art. Evening classes in the 2000’s, when my son was small.

I attended a week long throwing course at the Leach pottery in 2021, which changed my practice and I haven’t stopped since.

I was lucky enough to visit Guldagergaard centre for ceramics in Denmark in 2023 for a wood firing course where we fired an Anagama kiln over four days in the countryside. This was a massive learning opportunity for me and the beginning of my obsession for wood firing.

I have recently completed a ceramics development course at the Forest Row school of ceramics (2024) and it’s boosted my ceramics journey. This is where I really discovered reduction firing with gas, and fell in love with the vibrant results. This course gave me the opportunity to express myself more freely through clay and learn new techniques which have had an impact in developing my organic style. Having the chance to learn the art of glaze making with Linda Bloomfield during the course, has given me more confidence in my results. I’ve been going with the flow since then and am enjoying the creative freedom this gives me.

I now have a studio where I make on my potters wheel, and bisque fire my work. I then high fire the pieces in reduction, either through a wood kiln, or gas. Both of which I travel out of town for.