Ceramics

There are two strands to my ceramics: domestic ware, which seeks to enhance the pleasure in everyday rituals, and one-off decorative and sculptural vessels, which I use as conceptual vehicles for exploring the ideas that underpin my practice.

My hand-thrown pieces are the product of an ongoing exploration of the relationship between form and surface, and function and detailing to enrich everyday occasions. Through these vessels I‘m looking to create objects that draw the user in to look closer and savour a given moment. I tend to use a restricted palette of materials, allowing them to be at the forefront of each piece, and often celebrating the contrast between raw clay and the fluidity of glazed surfaces. Although striving for consistency, I value the variation that hand-crafting produces, which I see as helping to connect the user with the maker.