Based in Kent

I create salt glazed pots in porcelain and stoneware, including functional as well as one-off decorative or sculptural pieces.  My work is mainly thrown and finished on the potter’s wheel, sometimes later altered and assembled.   I strive to make each piece an individual, including when part of a series, such as mugs, bowls or cups.

I have collected ceramics from a young age, regularly visiting Portobello and Bermondsey Market at 6am, hunting for 18th century European porcelain and 17th/18th century Chinese ceramics.  My making came later, but I feel it is influenced by the pieces I bought, studied and have loved over the years.  The ceramics of the 17th and 18th century are a rich source of ideas and inspiration; it was a period of great innovation, growth and creativity in Europe, and of exquisite ceramics in Asia, with the added sharing of ideas between East and West that came through the rapid growth of the export trade during that time.

Whilst the salt firing process is time consuming, and will eventually corrode and destroy my kiln, I like the drama the firing offers, particularly when salt is introduced into the red-hot kiln, and feel it somehow brings me closer to the creation of the work.  It is also link to and celebration of the past makers, as the salt-glazing technique is largely unchanged since its beginnings in the 15th century.

I am a graduate of Clay College Stoke and in 2019 I set up my studio in the Weald of Kent, close to the Castle in Sissinghurst.