MY STORY
I am a self-taught artist, and creativity has been a constant presence throughout my life.
Ceramics was my first love. Its tactile, grounding nature and the dialogue between hands, clay, and form continue to be my creative home — the place where I feel most present and alive.
It took time for me to recognise that creativity is not simply an interest, but a lifeforce. After university, a brief detour into PR gave way to a call for creative exploration, drawing me back to art college, and it was there that my love for clay took off. For many years, creativity lived alongside more conventional work: pottery classes in the evenings, corporate branding by day — a quiet but persistent hum in the background.
When life took my family abroad, I was finally given the space to listen to that hum. I allowed creativity to move from the margins to the centre, letting it lead rather than fit around my other responsibilities. The energy that had been quietly waiting could finally flow, finding expression through my hands and taking shape and life in the clay.
Creating in clay is an act of presence, a gentle resistance to speed and distraction, bringing me back into alignment.
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Creativity runs in my genes. I come from a lineage of brilliant, neurodivergent minds who have expressed their gifts across the arts, philosophy, and science. This inheritance shaped not only my eye and respect for craftsmanship, but also my understanding that intelligence, creativity, and contribution take many forms — often outside traditional frameworks.
My clients value my ability to interpret their vision, transforming ideas into pieces of art that encapsulate their personalities and emotion.
SOURCES OF INSPIRATION
A keen traveller, I have found inspiration in the colours and textures of the countries I have explored.
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The primary inspirations for my designs often come from nature and elemental forms such as a footprint, a water lily, or a seashell. I have delighted in the world’s diverse geographies and cultures, finding inspiration in the colours and textures of the countries I have explored. The beautiful creations then take shape in my studio, where they are formed from stoneware clay.
CREATIVE PROCESS
Whether I am creating my homeware collections, a luxury sculptural handbasin, or a commissioned piece, the process is the same.
Whatever the starting point, the inspiration translates beautifully into hand-shaped clay which undergoes two firings at a high temperature. The heat renders them both strong and durable lending the clay its pleasing “stone-like” feel. Each piece is then finished with a hard-wearing glaze using colour, tones and effects which complement the form and complete the work of art.
CONTACT ME
Escaping from plain practicality or mass production, I offer the opportunity for personal expression, the ability to delight, and the presence to ennoble any space.
TEACHING OTHERS
“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.”
—PABLO PICASSO
I love to share my skills, experience and passion, teaching adults and children the art of clay. For some, it is simply a hobby or a new skill to be learned. For others, a moment of mindfulness, a therapy, a creative outlet that I am privileged to facilitate.
I believe we all have innate creativity, but most of us learn to suppress it as we go through school. My classes serve an opportunity to revive that latent energy in my students, a way to help them reconnect with themselves.
Creativity is a play between the rational and the emotional. Einstein summed it up as “intelligence having fun”. Exercising our creativity helps to rebalance ourselves, which is why we get that feeling of inner connection and peace, as we work on a creative endeavour, like clay.
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