My involvement with clay started at school 50-odd years ago. After graduating from the well regarded Ceramics course at Farnham (WSCAD) and a school and college teaching career I moved to Salisbury in 1990, first to the Arts Centre and subsequently my current studio in an old engineering shed near the Market Square. I make porcelain and stoneware pots on the wheel; tableware and groups of related one-off pieces, especially bowls and jugs, that offer scope to explore both glaze character and pattern.

In my decorated work I’m inspired by traditions of surface decoration in ceramics, architecture and textiles from cultures around the world, and particularly early European relief printmaking. There are appealing parallels between the processes and aesthetics of woodcut printing and the sgraffito I employ in some of my pieces.

Current work when available is listed on the Shop page, and I’m ready to discuss commissions that chime with the rest of my work. Forthcoming exhibitions are listed on my Calendar page.

Teaching has been an intrinsic part of my work, recognising the fundamental role creativity and making has to play in the identity and resilience of individuals and communities. Skills not passed on become a dead end, and a full appreciation of any craft has to begin with a recognition of material characteristics, potential, and some understanding of the many processes, judgments, skills - and failures! - that underpin the end result.

After a teaching career encompassing school, college and community settings, I still offer occasional masterclass workshops from my own studio; you can find any planned courses here.

I was awarded Fellowship of the Royal Society of Arts several years ago, am a professional member of the CPA and am represented on the Crafts Council Directory of selected members.

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