I often look to the sky for freedom, for hope, for escape – but what if it looked back at me? ‘A Conversation’ holds this question. The figure stands between frames, caught in a moment of reflection. The sky watches; we watch it. Somewhere in between, a quiet conversation begins.
Study in Blue- Mini Still Life - 2025
5 blown objects glued to a piece of Vitrolite to form a still life
Love is a Universal Language - 2025
A series of nine touchstones, each embossed with the word LOVE in nine languages; Cook Island, French, Hawaiian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Samoan, te reo Māori, Turkish. Made from three clays; local and imported, with three dissimilar surface treatments, fired to 1190oC electric.
Stone Age meets Industrial Revolution Sustenance at our fingertips But just as a can/bottle opener made of stone serves no practical purpose, so conversely are we in danger of losing connection with our evolutionary journey
A handbuilt ceramic vessel with decoration using the Cuerda Seca technique, fired in an electric kiln.
This sculpture tells the story of an artist’s passion for creating art. This story is told through a snapshot of the artist’s workspace and surroundings, showing the chaos and beauty of creating things.
A mixture of clays, glazes and glass brought together to replicate some of the differing faces from the world around us.
Stoneware pottery and glaze. A cheerful flower to replicate nature all year around. This hydrangea is made up of more than 40 individually cut flowers, which have then been attached to the base. Once fired in the kiln, I applied 4 different glaze colours to create the variation of colour seen in each flower. The […]
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