About ...

I started learning the foundational skills of pottery about twenty-five years ago, in the far-off days when local authority supported adult education was still a thing. I spent five years attending evening classes tutored by a local potter - Tony Remington - whose skill, patience, good humour and experience of production pottery provided a great learning environment.

A chance opportunity to purchase a good secondhand kiln and wheel gave me the chance to to equip my own small workshop space, and to start working independently and experimenting more with materials, techniques and ways of working than is possible in a shared studio environment. As for many people, working with clay has had to run alongside a full-time job - in my case as an environmental scientist. More recently that balance has shifted and recently I have been able to devote more time to clay.

Over the years I have sought to simplify my making processes, range of materials, and workflow, and find the creative possibilities within those boundaries. The boundaries are shaped both by simple choices about what I like (or don't like) doing, and by considerations of environmental impact. More information on what all these mean in practice can be found below.