The surface design of my work is created by merging and overlaying colour and line using a combination of techniques. I juxtapose precision with looser, painterly areas to express movement and depth. This is done using glazes, slips and precious metals in multiple firings.
Current Work
My Background
I established my own studio in 1988. I had previously studied ceramics before working in the ceramic industry in Stoke on Trent (including as a designer for Coalport China). My background in the industry has given me a broad appreciation of ceramics and techniques. I am interested in the art ware produced by Royal Doulton in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, but I am also fascinated by the work of French potters such as Clement Massier. I am equally appreciative of the works of Kandinsky, Malevich, Mondrian, Nicholson, Brancusi and Rodchenko. Tjhey have all been an influence on me as have the designs of Frank Lloyd Wright.
The work I make now is defiantly and definitely "decorative". I no longer think of "decorative" as a derogatory term as I would have done when I first started making ceramics many years ago.
I think what I have come to realise with age, (or experience as I prefer to call it), is that I no longer worry about my work needing to be "meaningful"to others. I don't mean that in an arrogant sense. Rather that that I can now enjoy letting go of that aspect and make work without that hindrance.
I can make what I enjoy and hope that others enjoy it too.
I am a Fellow Member of the Craft Potters Association and a selected member of Contemporary Applied Arts.