I am an artist living in the Weald region of East Sussex. I respond to the countryside around me, but also to the rhythms of everyday life. I started making art in my thirties whilst my children were little, and the constant juggle of raising a family, working, and making art became an important part of my artistic inspiration. I re-trained; studying at West Dean College. This home from home full of like-minded people made me realise that this is something that I should and can do.

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I make hand-built decorative clay vessels that use the pinch and coil method. The shape of my hand, and the mood I am in, influence the finished pieces and I seek to capture the time
that this slow method of making encapsulates. I then often smoke fire them using materials gathered on walks, predominantly bracken, thistledown, dock seeds and dandelion stems. I also use dug Sussex clay alongside a white or black stoneware for outdoor sculpture. This glorious red clay that I use un-refined, straight from the earth, is an exciting and visceral material to use.

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These ceramics are often accompanied by cloths, carefully patched and stitched from calico which has been dyed using foraged materials. Slow making, seeking to capture a time, a
place and a feeling.

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