Education
Sep 2007 - Jul 2008; Foundation Diploma in Art & design. Lincoln College of Art & Design.
October 2008 - July 2011: BA Hons in 3D Design, 'New Practice'. Loughborough University School of the Arts.
Memberships & associations;
Press publicity and publications
Ceramic review Jul/Aug 2019 -Issue: 298
Craft and design Magazine, issue 247, page 52.
The Potters Dictionary of Materials and Techniques (sixth edition) 2015 Page A/3.
Hole $ Corner magazine, issue number 5, 2015. Page 28.
British studio potters marks, 3rd edition 2015 page 174.
Craft and design Magazine 2012.
Loughborough mercury 2011.
Awards & Nominations
Craft and Design magazine selected awards 2016 - finalist.
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International Craft and Design Award 2015, Nominee.
International Craft & Design Award 2014 - nominee. Announced in Dec 14.
European Prize for Applied Arts 2012 - Finalist
Artist statement
I take inspiration for my work from discarded objects and surfaces created by the environment and time. My work presents a snapshot along the journey of an object, from new, to its eventual rejection and abandonment to nature, an object's slow decay into nothingness brings into being a beauty of its own, and tells the story of its existence.
I use these inspirations to create complex surfaces upon minimal geometric forms, that together evoke their own narrative, and engender a calming presence that brings balance between form and surface.
Process:
Made in stoneware, I use both throwing, thrown and altered, slab building and carving techniques to produce my designs. Layers of slips and oxides are built up over an object, over time, before I erode the surface using my eroded slip technique, which I began developing during my time at university. I often erode pieces down through the slip and into the clay body, to create the complex textured surfaces synonymous with my work.