About me
My work is a celebration of global art . Terracotta was the first clay used to create functional objects for drinking and storing wine and water, sculptures of people were modelled from clay to commemorate events and express creativity. I use terracotta for its references to global ceramic practice and its historical significance. Working with red clay connects me with Eastern and Western potters who have explored its uses over many centuries. The ceramics I produce from my studio in Birmingham are highly decorative and hand painted. Living in Edgbaston village during lockdown, walking around streets full of history I have created a collection of mugs which are bound to the topography and beauty of my local area. I have always been inspired by architecture, the blue plaque tour around Edgbaston enabled me to focus upon local people and their history which I have tried to capture in the images I have drawn into my mugs. With collections that look to domestic settings, local urban gardens and global histories for their subjects, my hand -built forms are all food safe and made to be used.
Commissions are welcome .
Education
Staffordshire University, June 2014
BA (hons) 3D Design: Crafts
Birmingham Institute of Art & Design
Sept 2009 - June. 2010.
Textile Design
Birmingham University, 1996.
BA (hons) English
Exhibitions
2019
Sutton Coldfield Arts Trail, Birmingham
MAC Christmas Market, Birmingham
2018
Top Drawer -London , Olympia
Earth and Fire International Ceramics Fair, Welbeck.
MADE – Marylebone , London October 2018
LUSTRE – Nottingham November 2018.
2017
Harrogate – British Craft Trade Fair
Earth and Fire International Ceramics Fair, Welbeck.
Lustre, Notts .
Guldhall Gallery, Stafford.
2016
The Contemporary Craft Fair, Devon
MADE Bloomsbury, London
The Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair, Mancs
Derby Museum and Art Gallery, ‘Interventions’ collection.
Middleport Pottery ,Stoke On Trent, ‘makers @middleport ‘.
2015
Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair
La Terrahlia , St Quentin la Potterie, France
Earth and Fire, Nottingham
The Contemporary Craft Fair, Bovey Tracey
SOCK, Loughborough
Middleport Pottery Christmas Show , Stoke-On-Trent
Melborne Arts Trail, Derbyshire.
The Art Market, Holmfirth.
2014
Staffordshire Graduates Show, The Potteries Museum
Graduate Degree Show, Staffordshire University
New Designers , London
Midland Potters Association, Barewall Gallery , Stoke.