Why I do it
It is working with my hands, finding a form and breathing life into it….
I am a ceramic artist using traditional sculpting techniques, sometimes paired with unconventional materials.
The integration or addition of found objects, like wood and metal, into my work gives them a new purpose and meaning and breathing new life into something discarded.
The fascination of the varied surface colouring through saggar-firing is my inspiration for continued experimentation with this process.
Some of my pieces are wearable, inspired by found clay pipes and combined with wire and oxidised Sterling silver.
I hand-build mainly with porcelain clay, which is saggar-fired in a Raku kiln, after initial bisque firing. This firing technique often achieves unexpected effects which open up new ways at looking at the object.