
I live and work in Southwest England, in Devon.
My main area of interest has always been early English slipware, simple peasant pottery using red clay with white and coloured clay slips. Decorated with motifs of the things that are around us.
I had to learn how to throw, not just to tap into a dying tradition but also a connection to the age old process of vessel making for everyday use, functional objects that have an innate beauty of their own. North Devon pottery is a particular influence on my work.
1996 :Ceramics BA (Hons) University of Wales, Cardiff.
1997 :Picture Editor 'Studio Pottery Magazine'.
1998 :Shortlisted Fletcher Challenge, New Zealand.
Books: Yates-Owen, Fournier 'British Studio Potters' Marks' A&C Black, London.
Exhibitions:
Enid Lawson Gallery, London
St Martins Gallery, London
Beatrice Royal Gallery, Eastleigh
Brewery Arts, Cirencester
Fisherton Mill, Salisbury
Oxford Gallery, Oxford
Black Swan, Frome
Prince and Pilgrim, Kew
Burton Art Gallery, Bideford
RAMM, Exeter
Torre Abbey, Torquay
My studio has been packed away for the past few years due to lack of free space. I am having an adventure with web design at the moment while the next installment of pots take shape in my mind. I dabble with tiles and small commissioned hand built pieces from time to time.