I am a ceramic artist/ sculptor and a tutor.

 

As I was leaving university,  I was offered both an exhibition and a position teaching ceramics. I said yes to both.

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I spent the next few years sharing a studio, making and exhibiting my own work , teaching ceramics as well as designing and running creative workshops within the community using various materials.

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I became a Digswell Arts Trust Fellow, giving me access to a subsidised studio and the collective knowledge of 15 other artists which is were I finally realised I wasn't making it up when I wrote 'artist' as my occupation on my passport.  I grew a lot in that space and the next years were spent exhibiting, making and working together as well as teaching at the University I graduated from. During this time, Digswell  Arts Trust asked me to set up Digswell Ceramics Community. It was a huge growth period.

 

Being around creative and passionate people definitely gave me the confidence to make braver work and the exhibition with them at Courtyard Arts is one that I felt was most successful.

 

Over 12 years, my creative career includes being artist in residence for festivals, painting murals with MIND,  art  and pottery clubs for children and special small group sessions for Oasis and drug rehab centres , workshops for galleries and exhibitions but it is mostly teaching ceramics to adults, because it's the language I understand and find the easiest to  communicate in.

Currently I am running a thriving and beautiful ceramics facility called Made with Clay studio where I get to work with people I love, with the material I am still passionate about and everyday I am with people who also love clay. 

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There isn't too much time to work on my own work. Not much headspace to play with ideas but as far as work goes, it is great. It is starting to feel established and we have new apprentices in training so I hope in the near future it will seem possible to continue my own practice.

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My last exhibition was with the artists from Digswell Arts Trust in 2018, and although I sell my work, I don't take commissions.