I make heads and faces. Some people have great faces on the first look; other people’s faces grow on me.  Some faces have a particularly interesting composition or outline. Faces are surprisingly different and I like the sensation of change that I get when I look from one face to another. Lived in faces hold more of a fascination for me than the sparsely populated faces of perfection. There’s no one place that I start, each piece of work is an amalgamation of influences - people I meet, faces in print, previous works, sketches and drawings. Narrative is significant; I collect words, sayings and pieces of conversations, quotes, poetry and the wording of adverts.  It all goes into the work, either conspicuously as a title or as an idea when I’m planning the piece. Some days I have all these things in my head when I sit down to work. Other days I start with no particular intention and just see who or what emerges from the clay.

 

Education:

 

1993 BA(Hons) Graphic Design/ Illustration, Bath Spa University.

2006 MA Ceramics, University Wales Institute Cardiff

 

Awards:

 

Crafts Council ‘Next Move’ Award

Arts Council Grants for the Arts

 

Collections:

Ceramic Collection and Archive, Aberystwyth University.