The Archive

Figurative Work

Inspiration: Movement in and through space

"In my figurative work it is the language of spatial relationships between people that is of primary interes; especially the language of the spatial relationships between people evinced in street gatherings and in contemporary dance.

These forms of interaction are sensual, physical experiences with emotional and psychological reverberations.

After dance, clay is the most direct, physically responsive medium that I know. That one’s dialogue with the medium can be frozen into permanence with fire by processes which continue a sensual dialogue and have elements of chance and risk add further to the excitement of ceramics."

Paperclay Work

"My drive as a maker is as a response to places and spaces. I am moved by rocky landscapes, city architecture, internal/external space. The feelings excited by these experiences have eventually found expression through working with clay. Ceramics offers a language of internal/external space, of surfaces and containment. A language which is visual, tactile and kinaesthetic."
"I love being in the landscape - especially wild and rocky places — where alone, I can feel part of it. I love rocks and trees and the awareness of space felt in these places."
"I enjoy ceramic processes that are not totally predictable and invite intuitive responses to chance. Discovery must be part of the process. For this reason, I am attracted to Raku and wood firing."

Studio Ceramics

In the past I have made a wide variety of functional ceramics ranging from hand-thrown tea bowls, saki flasks, turned jars and slab built platters and dishes.