I have been many things and travelled many roads but have settled for many years now, on being a professional maker of ceramic items. In my undergraduate years at Falmouth College of Arts I was selected for Ceramic Contemporaries 2, held at The Victoria and Albert Museum, I was also commissioned by Sir Terrance Conran to design an exclusive range of breakfast tableware for the Michelin House Conran Shop. In 1996 I went on to achieve a 1st class [Hon's] in Studio Ceramics, also appearing in ‘Setting Out ‘ 96 at the Craftsman Potters Association London. I have continued to practice ceramics incessantly and compulsively ever since.

My work is hand built, multi fired and multi layered to which I add elements of concept and narrative within both the form and surface. For this reason I prefer my work to serve a purpose, even if that purpose is not based on a functionality that is obvious in the traditional sense. I have used variations along this dysfunctional theme for many years now and continue to find that I am compelled to search for complexity and meaning within the smallest detail. My way of working is part habitual and contrived, yet spontaneous. I have always carried a tendency toward order as opposed to chaos. I am therefore compelled to confine, manage and control the chaotics of my mark making and favoured overloads of colour. This methodology/aesthetic remains constant regardless of form. In this respect, I hope that my work refers to something more than just itself.

The words ‘charming’ and ‘hideous’ are often used to describe my work. I regard both as compliments.

These days I reclusively and obsessively work in my studio, lecture and curate. My current range includes figurative sculpture, dysfunctional hollow ware and assembled tile panels, paintings and drawings

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