Throwing pots and firing with wood is like playing with mud and fire. The energy and life of this inspires me. I am fascinated by geological nature, soul, communicating touch, and aging industrial architecture.
I aim to create pots that make you want to hold them. Many are made to encourage enjoyment in the preparation and consumption of food and drink. All are pots to live with and use every day. I am happy when people impulsively handle my pots exploring them with fingers and eyes together, like children finding something special such as a pebble on a beach.
I am dedicated to woodfiring through a love of creative effects of flame and a commitment to renewable fuel (the wood is all waste wood – off-cuts from sustainably managed sawmills). It requires total involvement, which is exhausting but fulfilling. It is a fascinating and beautiful process.
Price range: £5 - £500
2007/06/05/04/03/01, National Pottery and Ceramics Festival (Art in Clay), Hatfield House, UK
2007/06/05, Ceramics South East, Aylesford, UK
2007/06/05/04, ClayArt, Denbigh, UK
2006 Ceramics in the City, Geffrye Museum, Hackney, UK
2006/05/04/03/02/01, Earth and Fire, Rufford Country Park, UK
2006, The Spiral Gallery, Settle, UK
2005, Table Manners – Contemporary International Ceramics, Crafts Council Gallery, London, and then touring, UK
2005, Southern Pottery and Ceramics Festival (Art in Clay), Farnham, UK
2005, Potfest in the Park Penrith, UK
2005, New Domestic, Gallerytop, Bakewell, UK
2002 ‘Flock’
Ceramic installation in the central thoroughfare courtyard of the campus as a collaborative project with 3 other artists. ‘Flock’ consists of 4000 component pieces entirely covering a 37 square metre wall, and is perceived differently from each direction.
Commissioned by University of Westminster, Marylebone Campus, London, UK
2001
‘Highly Commended’ in the Craftsman Magazine Best Student Award,
National Pottery and Ceramics Festival (Art in Clay) Hatfield House, UK
2003, Anagama Five Ceramic Review May/June, Issue 201 (Author: John Butler)
2001, Students at Art in Clay, Craftsmen Magazine, December, issue 125 (Author: Angie Boyer)
Lund Gallery, Alne Road, Easingwold, North Yorkshire, YO61 3PA.
Tel 013478 24400
The Arc, 4 Commonhall St, off Bridge St, Chester, CH1 2BJ
Tel: 01244 348379
Coombe Gallery, Dittisham, Dartmouth, Devon, TQ6 0JA.
Tel 01803 722352
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